flown bySpaceXUSA

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 fromLC-39AKennedy

aboardFalcon Heavy B5FH-007intoGSO

Boosters · 3

  • 01Booster 1B1074
    coreno recovery attempt
  • 02Booster 2B1064.3
    sideLanded on ground pad · LZ-1
  • 03Booster 3B1065.3
    sideLanded on ground pad · LZ-2

Payload

Jupiter-3 (EchoStar-24)

Communications