Falcon Heavy launch marks 250th successful SpaceX mission
SpaceX was supposed to launch the large Jupiter 3 satellite on July 26 , but that launch was cancelled. And today everything worked as expected: the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle successfully delivered Jupiter 3 weighing 9.2 tons into orbit.
SpaceX successfully launched the world’s largest satellite into geostationary transfer orbit
The launch took place on Friday at 23:04 ET (Saturday 06:04 Moscow time). After separation from the Falcon Heavy, the two side boosters landed at LZ-1 and LZ-2 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Falcon Heavy completes 250th successful SpaceX mission! ”, SpaceX wrote on Twitter. The company also called Jupiter 3 ” the largest satellite ever launched into geostationary transfer orbit “.
Recall Jupiter 3, created by Maxar Technologies, is a telecommunications satellite. It will be used to provide broadband Internet access services in the Americas.
