ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)

Falcon Heavy's return to flight after an 18-month hiatus delivered the six-ton ViaSat-3 F3 broadband satellite toward geostationary orbit for Asia-Pacific coverage; both side boosters landed back at Cape Canaveral while the center core was expended.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

6 T (est.)

Flight

12th

of 14 Falcon Heavy flights

Date and time

29 April 2026, 14:13 UTC

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

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

Payload

Communications

International designator

2026-096

Launches in 2026

101st of 243

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