# Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific): launch

> Falcon Heavy by SpaceX from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Flown: Success.

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## Facts

- Launch: Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)
- Mission: ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)
- Provider: SpaceX
- Rocket: Falcon Heavy
- Pad: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Country of the launch site: USA
- Date (UTC): Wed, Apr 29, 14:13 UTC (2026-04-29T14:13:00.000Z)
- Launch window: 2026-04-29 14:13 UTC to 2026-04-29 15:38 UTC
- Status: completed (Launch Library 2: Success)
- Outcome: Success
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: 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.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

## Sources

- [Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs](https://thespacedevs.com): launch names, providers, rockets, pads, dates and status
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- [Mission information (link from Launch Library 2)](https://www.spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3)

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