ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others

Launched ViaSat-3 Americas, a high-capacity Ka-band broadband satellite, toward geostationary orbit along with the Arcturus and GS-1 rideshare payloads; all three Falcon Heavy cores were expended in the first fully expendable Falcon Heavy flight.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

6.8 T

Flight

6th

of 14 Falcon Heavy flights

Date and time

1 May 2023, 00:26 UTC

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Payload

Communications

International designator

2023-060

Launches in 2023

66th of 223

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