flown by SpaceX USA

Jupiter-3

Success
JUL 29202303:04:00 UTC

With a mass of 9.2 tonnes, Jupiter-3 is the heaviest commercial geostationary satellite ever launched. Built by Maxar Technologies for Hughes Network Systems, it provides 500 Gbps of broadband capacity across the Americas.

This was the first Falcon flight to use the medium coast mission-extension kit on the second stage.

launched from LC-39A Kennedy

aboard Falcon Heavy Block 5 FH-007 into GSO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

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Boosters · 3

  • 01 Booster 1 B1074
    core no recovery attempt
  • 02 Booster 2 B1064.3
    side Landed on ground pad · LZ-1
  • 03 Booster 3 B1065.3
    side Landed on ground pad · LZ-2

Payload

Jupiter-3 (EchoStar-24)

Communications

last updated Oct 31, 2026