SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches, sonic booms heard in Florida
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A on April 29, generating sonic booms in Brevard County as its two side boosters landed back on Earth. The satellite is expected to add greater than 1Tbps of output to the Asia-Pacific region.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A on April 29. The launch generated sonic booms in Brevard County as the rocket's two side boosters returned and landed at Cape Canaveral Landing Zones 2 and 40. The ViaSat-3 F3 satellite is the third and final Ka-band satellite in the company's ViaSat-3 series, estimated to add greater than 1Tbps of output to the Asia-Pacific region. The Falcon Heavy's core stage was not recovered. The next SpaceX rocket launch from Florida is set for no earlier than May 1 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
This content was automatically generated and/or translated by AI. It may contain inaccuracies. Please refer to the original sources for verification.