{"id":"4cc237b2-c61a-491e-9532-466cce81f524","url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/4cc237b2-c61a-491e-9532-466cce81f524/?format=json","launch_library_id":1191,"slug":"falcon-heavy-viasat-3-f3-viasat-3-asia-pacific","name":"Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)","status":{"id":3,"name":"Success"},"net":"2026-04-29T14:13:00Z","window_end":"2026-04-29T15:38:00Z","window_start":"2026-04-29T14:13:00Z","inhold":false,"tbdtime":false,"tbddate":false,"probability":85,"holdreason":"","failreason":"","hashtag":null,"launch_service_provider":{"id":121,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/?format=json","name":"SpaceX","featured":true,"type":"Commercial","country_code":"USA","abbrev":"SpX","description":"Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.","administrator":"CEO: Elon Musk","founding_year":"2002","launchers":"Falcon | Starship","spacecraft":"Dragon","launch_library_url":null,"total_launch_count":673,"consecutive_successful_launches":158,"successful_launches":658,"failed_launches":15,"pending_launches":118,"consecutive_successful_landings":158,"successful_landings":619,"failed_landings":27,"attempted_landings":645,"info_url":"https://www.spacex.com/","wiki_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX","logo_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_logo_20220826094919.png","image_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_image_20230807133459.jpeg","nation_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_social_l_image_20260407054626.jpg"},"rocket":{"id":2489,"configuration":{"id":161,"launch_library_id":58,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/161/?format=json","name":"Falcon Heavy","description":"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.","family":"Falcon","full_name":"Falcon Heavy","manufacturer":{"id":121,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/?format=json","name":"SpaceX","featured":true,"type":"Commercial","country_code":"USA","abbrev":"SpX","description":"Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.","administrator":"CEO: Elon Musk","founding_year":"2002","launchers":"Falcon | Starship","spacecraft":"Dragon","launch_library_url":null,"total_launch_count":673,"consecutive_successful_launches":158,"successful_launches":658,"failed_launches":15,"pending_launches":118,"consecutive_successful_landings":158,"successful_landings":619,"failed_landings":27,"attempted_landings":645,"info_url":"https://www.spacex.com/","wiki_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX","logo_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_logo_20220826094919.png","image_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_image_20230807133459.jpeg","nation_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_social_l_image_20260407054626.jpg"},"program":[],"variant":"Heavy","alias":"","min_stage":3,"max_stage":3,"length":70.0,"diameter":12.2,"maiden_flight":"2018-02-06","launch_mass":1400,"leo_capacity":63800,"gto_capacity":26700,"to_thrust":22819,"apogee":200,"vehicle_range":null,"image_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_heavy_image_20220129192819.jpeg","info_url":"https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-heavy/index.html","wiki_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy","total_launch_count":12,"consecutive_successful_launches":12,"successful_launches":12,"failed_launches":0,"pending_launches":14},"launcher_stage":[{"id":871,"type":"Strap-On Booster","reused":true,"launcher_flight_number":22,"launcher":{"id":114,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/114/?format=json","details":"Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Starlink Group 2-4 mission. Converted to a Falcon Heavy booster in 2026 after 21 launches.","flight_proven":true,"serial_number":"B1075","status":"active","image_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/b1075_landing_o_image_20250912152358.jpeg","successful_landings":22,"attempted_landings":22,"flights":22,"last_launch_date":"2026-04-29T14:13:00Z","first_launch_date":"2023-01-19T15:43:10Z"},"landing":{"id":1836,"attempt":true,"success":true,"description":"The Falcon Heavy side booster B1075 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 40 after its 22nd flight.","location":{"id":62,"name":"Landing Zone 40","abbrev":"LZ-40","description":"Landing Pad at SLC-40 for Falcon 9 boosters. Built as an replacement for LZ-1 & LZ-2.","location":{"id":12,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/12/?format=json","name":"Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA","country_code":"USA","map_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg","total_launch_count":1106,"total_landing_count":74},"successful_landings":3},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Return to Launch Site","abbrev":"RTLS","description":"A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from."}},"previous_flight_date":"2025-10-22T14:16:20Z","turn_around_time_days":188,"previous_flight":{"id":"67c287d7-199e-4811-a43a-b540b3c4d186","name":"Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-5"}},{"id":870,"type":"Core","reused":false,"launcher_flight_number":1,"launcher":{"id":201,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/201/?format=json","details":"Falcon Heavy core booster expended during the ViaSat-3 F3 mission.","flight_proven":false,"serial_number":"B1098","status":"expended","image_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/viasat-3_f3_lau_image_20260429200823.jpg","successful_landings":0,"attempted_landings":0,"flights":1,"last_launch_date":"2026-04-29T14:13:00Z","first_launch_date":"2026-04-29T14:13:00Z"},"landing":{"id":1835,"attempt":false,"success":null,"description":"The Falcon Heavy center core B1098 has been expended.","location":{"id":6,"name":"Atlantic Ocean","abbrev":"ATL","description":"Atlantic Ocean","location":null,"successful_landings":38},"type":{"id":8,"name":"Expended","abbrev":"EXP","description":"Vehicle did not perform any landing operations after launch"}},"previous_flight_date":null,"turn_around_time_days":null,"previous_flight":null},{"id":872,"type":"Strap-On Booster","reused":true,"launcher_flight_number":2,"launcher":{"id":111,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/111/?format=json","details":"Falcon Heavy side booster first flown during the GOES-U mission.","flight_proven":true,"serial_number":"B1072","status":"active","image_url":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/b1072_and_b1086_image_20240626195649.jpeg","successful_landings":2,"attempted_landings":2,"flights":2,"last_launch_date":"2026-04-29T14:13:00Z","first_launch_date":"2024-06-25T21:26:00Z"},"landing":{"id":1837,"attempt":true,"success":true,"description":"The Falcon Heavy side booster B1072 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 2nd flight.","location":{"id":5,"name":"Landing Zone 2","abbrev":"LZ-2","description":"LZ-2 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at the previous LC-13. Directly next to LZ-1","location":{"id":12,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/12/?format=json","name":"Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA","country_code":"USA","map_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg","total_launch_count":1106,"total_landing_count":74},"successful_landings":17},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Return to Launch Site","abbrev":"RTLS","description":"A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from."}},"previous_flight_date":"2024-06-25T21:26:00Z","turn_around_time_days":672,"previous_flight":null}],"spacecraft_stage":null},"mission":{"id":6218,"launch_library_id":null,"name":"ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)","description":"The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.","launch_designator":null,"type":"Communications","orbit":{"id":2,"name":"Geostationary Transfer Orbit","abbrev":"GTO"}},"pad":{"id":87,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/87/?format=json","agency_id":121,"name":"Launch Complex 39A","info_url":null,"wiki_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39#Launch_Pad_39A","map_url":"https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.60822681,-80.60428186","latitude":"28.60822681","longitude":"-80.60428186","location":{"id":27,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/27/?format=json","name":"Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA","country_code":"USA","map_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_27_20200803142447.jpg","total_launch_count":281,"total_landing_count":0},"map_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_87_20200803143537.jpg","total_launch_count":222},"infoURLs":[{"priority":10,"title":"SpaceX","description":"SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.","feature_image":null,"url":"https://www.spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3"}],"vidURLs":[{"priority":7,"title":"SpaceX ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)","description":"On Wednesday April 29, 2026 at 14:13 UTC, SpaceX launched the ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific) mission with a Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.\n\nDescription generated from the Launch Library 2 API.\n——————————————————————\nObject in the Launch Library 2 API: https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/4cc237b2-c61a-491e-9532-466cce81f524/?format=json\nRelated news in the Spaceflight News API: https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?launch=4cc237b2-c61a-491e-9532-466cce81f524\n——————————————————————\n\nRehosted on YouTube by The Space Devs.\nSupport our work on https://www.patreon.com/TheSpaceDevs\n——————————————————————\nWebsite: https://thespacedevs.com\nX: https://x.com/thespacedevs\nDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/p7ntkNA\n————————————————————...","feature_image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vdLb-RlctaY/maxresdefault.jpg","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdLb-RlctaY"},{"priority":8,"title":"Live: SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches Viasat-3 F3 satellite","description":"Watch live coverage as a Falcon Heavy rocket launches carrying the Viasat-3 F3 satellite. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 UTC) on Wednesday, April 29. \n\nThe rocket features two Falcon side boosters and one core booster. The two side boosters, B1072 (launching for a second time) and B1075 (launching for a 22nd time) will target landings back at Landing Zone 2 and Landing Zone 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The core stage is brand new and will be expended on this mission.\n\nThe Viasat-3 F3 satellite features a mesh antenna that unfolds to the size of a football field. Once in geostationary orbit, the  broadband satellite is capable of delivering a data speed of terabit-per-second (Tbps).\n\nThe mission will tak...","feature_image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7ZLs184OBwE/maxresdefault.jpg","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZLs184OBwE"},{"priority":9,"title":"SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch of ViaSat-3 F3 - SECOND ATTEMPT","description":"Launch Window: April 29th from 10:06AM to 11:31AM EDT (14:05-15:31 UTC)\nCurrent T0: April 29th at 10:13AM EDT (14:13 UTC)\n\nMission: Falcon Heavy launch of Viasat-3 F3 to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit\nLaunch location: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Earth.\nTarget orbit: Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO)\nCenter Core: B1098-1\nCenter Core history: New Booster\nCenter Core recovery: None, will be expended\nMY Side Booster: B1072-2; 670d 16h 55min turnaround\nMY Side Booster history: GOES-U\nPY Side Booster: B1075-22; 187d 4min 40s turnaround\nPY Side Booster history: SL 2-4, SDA Tranche 0A, SL 2-9, SL 5-7, SL 6-20, SL 7-3, SL 7-6, SARah-2 and SARah-3, SL 7-12, SL 7-16, SL 9-2, Transporter-11, SL 9-17, SL 9-9, SL 9-13, SL 11-3, SL 11-4, SL 11-16, SL 17-2, SL 17-9, SL 11-5.\nS...","feature_image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6sDcNKbJwuo/maxresdefault.jpg","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sDcNKbJwuo"},{"priority":10,"title":"ViaSat-3 F3 Mission","description":"Livestream on X","feature_image":"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HG7iHttXgAAHt54.jpg","url":"https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1NGaradEpARJj"}],"webcast_live":false,"image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_heavy_on_image_20260427051334.jpg","infographic":null,"program":[],"orbital_launch_attempt_count":7274,"location_launch_attempt_count":281,"pad_launch_attempt_count":222,"agency_launch_attempt_count":670,"orbital_launch_attempt_count_year":101,"location_launch_attempt_count_year":2,"pad_launch_attempt_count_year":1,"agency_launch_attempt_count_year":51}