SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Lifts Off with ViaSat-3

0:00SpaceX is firing up their Falcon Heavy rocket for a second shot this week from Kennedy Space Center after rough weather scrubbed Monday's attempt. The payload is the Viasat 3F3 communications satellite aimed at boost in global broadband. The launch window opens at 10.13 a.m., eastern daylight time and runs for 85 minutes. This marks the first Falcon Heavy mission since 2024, putting those massive triple boosters back in action. Residents in Central Florida should brace for double sonic booms as the side boosters land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Areas like Brevard, Orange, Oceola, Seminole and Volusia counties could feel the rumble. This bird completes Viasat's 3 satellite constellation. The first launched in 2023 on a Falcon Heavy, while the second rode a United Launch Alliance Atlas V in 2025. With this online, expect high speed, secure internet hitting commercial, defense and consumer users harder than ever eyes to the sky for that epic.

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