Static Fire Test Completed for SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch Set for April 18 from Cape Canaveral
By Space Coast Daily // April 13, 2023
coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying ViaSat 3 Americas broadband communications satellite is set for April 18 from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX officials say they successfully conducted a static fire of Falcon Heavy on Thursday.
The launch is targeted for 7:29 p.m. ET next Tuesday.
ViaSat 3 Americas is the first of at least three new-generation Boeing-built geostationary satellites for ViaSat.
A small communications satellite named Arcturus will launch as a secondary payload for Astranis.
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.
