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SpaceX reported that the rocket launch was successful. According to the company, the satellite should be put into orbit within 4 to 5 hours. Watch the moment of the launch:
SpaceX successfully launched the satellite into space
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After three delays, SpaceX successfully launched the ViaSat-3 satellite into space. The equipment was dispatched by a Falcon Heavy rocket at 9:26 p.m. from a base in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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SpaceX reports that there is less than an hour left until the satellite launch; The launch is expected to take place at 21:26 (Brasilia time). The company said the weather is 95 percent favorable.
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According to the SpaceX post, the Falcon Heavy stays on without issues and works well.
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The launch of the world’s largest Internet satellite Viasat has been postponed to Saturday (29). The mission must start from 20 o’clock.
4/28/2023 9:45 PM
Viasat halts the satellite launch countdown, possibly aborting the mission
04/28/2023 21:31
The online satellite launch mission with the Falcon Heavy has begun its countdown, with all equipment ready for launch.
04/28/2023 21:31
After two failed launch attempts, SpaceX reported that, on Friday, “the weather forecast is 50% favorable when the window opens and improves to 70% towards the end.” The assignment is expected to take place around 8:30pm, with a window of about an hour from this time.
4/28/2023 7:24 PM
“Due to unfavorable weather, the team is pulling out of tonight’s Falcon Heavy launch,” said SpaceX, which owns the spacecraft that will be used to launch the Viasat satellite. The mission has been rescheduled for Friday (28), around 20:30 (Brasilia time).
4/27/2023 8:16 PM
The probability of favorable weather for launch on Thursday (26) is 60%, which encourages launchers who saw bad weather yesterday to postpone the flight.
4/27/2023 2:22 PM
On Thursday (27), the American communications company Viasat is scheduled to launch the first of three ViaSat-3 satellites. It will be used to cover the Americas, but the other two will cover the rest of the planet.
According to the company, the equipment will focus on rural areas and will offer a download speed of 100 megabits per second (Mbps). The first satellite in Brazil is expected to go into operation in the second half of 2023.
04/27/2023 12:32 PM
