Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)
Falcon Heavy launched the ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific) mission for SpaceX from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on Apr 29, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)
Launched Apr 29, 2026 11:13:00 PMSuccess
2 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
90° E
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 0.0°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Wed, Apr 29 · 11:13:00 PM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Mission type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- GTO
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA