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Falcon Heavy: EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3

Geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies for EchoStar. With a capacity of 500 Gbps, its purpose is to relieve broadband capacity constraints in the Americas.

Saturday, 29 July 202303:04 UTC
Falcon Heavy: EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3

Mission Data

SpaceX
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈSpaceXEst. 2002
Launch VehicleFalcon Heavy
Vehicle FamilyFalcon
Vehicle Record14 of 14 launches (100%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record729 successes / 15 failures (98%)
Success Streak229 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch PadLaunch Complex 39A
LocationπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#114
Agency Launches This Year#52
Launches From This Pad224
Launches From This Site283
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Falcon Heavy

The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.

Launch updates

  1. Launch success.

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  2. Liftoff.

  3. Livestream has started

  4. Fixed launch window.

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  5. Delayed per FAA advisory

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  6. Confirmed next attempt on July 27 LT.

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  7. Scrubbed for the day.

  8. Hold.

  9. Livestream has started

  10. GO for launch.

Launch Site

Launch Complex 39A Β· 28.6082Β°N 80.6043Β°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.