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2023 · SpaceX

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

successFalcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others

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. Also onboard this mission is Astranis's first MicroGEO satellite and Gravity Space’s GS-1 satellite.

Overview

Date / time
May 1, 2023 at 12:26 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Falcon Heavy →
Launch provider
SpaceX →

Payloads deployed · 3

ARCTURUS
GEO
GS-1
GEO
VIASAT-3 F1
GEO