Watch live as a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches the largest commercial communications satellite yet. Liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 11:04 p.m. EDT (0303 UTC) Friday night. Twin Falcon Heavy side boosters will return to Florida and land at Cape Canaveral seven and a half minutes after launch.
The rocket is carrying the 9-metric-ton Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 satellite which will expand reach of the HughesNet satellite internet service to nearly 80 percent of the population across the Americas. It features 300 spot beams to target coverage and has 500 Gbps of capacity.
Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith.
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@marcialao7589قبل 9 أشهرI saw Alan Shepherd be the first US manned astronaut go up and it has never lost the thrill! 2
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@thomasgarcia7284قبل 9 أشهرSeen the launch live & it was amazing 3
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@dustdevilz4771قبل 9 أشهرThe announcer mentioned the UTC time but also included the date. Thanks…Always the greatest show on earth. 1
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@pegsmithnyقبل 9 أشهرI could hear and feel it all the way over in Tampa Bay. 1
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@K1LL3RGRNقبل 9 أشهرOne did launch last night.. this one was scheduled to launch tonight before the scrub night before last. This one was supposed to launch tonight at 1
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@michaelthornsberry7929قبل 8 أشهرI'm always intrigued by watching these liftoffs: I'm 66 and I watched this and the past liftoffs'. I saw the challenger explode(SAD), and the launch of us going to the moon.
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@crashwelder5337قبل 9 أشهرSo they are not saving the center core on any mission? 1
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@jdogsfulقبل 9 أشهرso a minute and a half of vertical flight before it arcs to horizontal and then it become a digital simulation. cool. 2
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@JeffRL1956قبل 9 أشهرWell, at least it cleared the pad so anything else that happens can't affect it being a success. So sayeth Elmo.
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@Mister_Holdsworthقبل 9 أشهرThese things are always absolutely great to watch. I wonder why the speed and height is counted in kms rather than mph seeing that's what America measures with normally. 1
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@johnschaefer2238قبل 9 أشهرIn light of what happened to the shuttle Challenger in 1986 isn’it unwise to launch any rocket at night. So much about what failed for Challenger was learned from that video. With this launch the spacecraft is all but hidden. I understand there is a launch window but wouldn’it be smarter to do so in daylight. I realize that telemetric data today is so much better than in 1986 but to rely on that alone troubles me. I was astonished in 1972 when Apollo 17 was launched at night thought NASA was taking a big chance then. ....وسعت
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@captaincobb8146قبل 9 أشهرElon Must and SpaceX are, and by far, mankind's greatest hope! Next to Jesus Christ of Nazareth himself. Q^ 1
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@j-sin3344قبل 9 أشهر1 St, dang I subbed and took me 62 seconds to chat and it ended right at I hit send comment, D'Oh, I thought this went last night, either my days are off for IDK just lost it, going to watch it na'aw.
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@josenighthawkقبل 9 أشهرPleeeeeeeeeeeease . someone, anybody!, please work out the bugs for the Faster-than-Light Alcubierre Warp Drive!!
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@uddinislah2724قبل 9 أشهرSpaceX Falcon Heavy launches the largest commercial communications satellite 1
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@JWSSpeedoقبل 9 أشهرDo rockets like this cause any pollution. I never hear about it being a problem like private jet travel.
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@wendymcnure8431قبل 9 أشهرEvery window is a mirror, Joywave. I don't know why, Imagine Dragons
@enisstewart4085قبل 9 أشهرI wonder what the carbon footprint is on this ?! Lol How long until electric rockets ?
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@cbk-te7ruقبل 9 أشهر21 yrs old. with the mentality of a 2yr old
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@nathanwright845قبل 9 أشهرLol why they do them at night? easier to fake? lmao people need to wake up 1
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@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602قبل 9 أشهرSo. When will Elon Musk's money, prestige and ego blow up for the last time? I can't wait for it.
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@keith9145قبل 9 أشهرYou can tell that it's fake because it looks so fake
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@johnschaefer2238قبل 9 أشهرIn light of what happened to the shuttle Challenger in 1986 isn’it unwise to launch any rocket at night. So much about what failed for Challenger was learned from that video. With this launch the spacecraft is all but hidden. I understand there is a launch window but wouldn’it be smarter to do so in daylight. I realize that telemetric data today is so much better than in 1986 but to rely on that alone troubles me. I was astonished in 1972 when Apollo 17 was launched at night thought NASA was taking a big chance then. ....وسعت
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