SpaceX Falcon Heavy EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3

Name: SpaceX Falcon Heavy EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3
Start: 2023-07-29T03:04:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A

Falcon Heavy

Status

Success

Date

29 JUL 2023

03:04

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

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.

Height

70 m

Diameter

12.2 m

Launch Mass

1,400 T

Thrust

22,819 kN