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Watch live: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches heaviest commercial communications satellite

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Published 29 Jul 2023

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. Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks: /channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join

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@marcialao75899 months ago I saw alan shepherd be the first us manned astronaut go up and it has never lost the thrill! 2
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@thomasgarcia72849 months ago Seen the launch live & it was amazing. 3
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@dustdevilz47719 months ago The announcer mentioned the utc time but also included the date. Thanksalways the greatest show on earth. 1
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@pegsmithny9 months ago I could hear and feel it all the way over in tampa bay. 1
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@K1LL3RGRN9 months ago One 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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@michaelthornsberry79298 months ago I' 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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@crashwelder53379 months ago So they are not saving the center core on any mission? 1
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@jdogsful9 months ago So 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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@JeffRL19569 months ago Well, 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_Holdsworth9 months ago These 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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@johnschaefer22389 months ago In light of what happened to the shuttle challenger in 1986 isnit unwise to launch any rocket at night. So much about what failed for challenger was l . ...Expand
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@captaincobb81469 months ago Elon must and spacex are, and by far, mankind' s greatest hope! Next to jesus christ of nazareth himself.
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@j-sin33449 months ago 1 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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@josenighthawk9 months ago Pleeease. Someone, anybody! Please work out the bugs for thealcubierre warp drive!
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@uddinislah27249 months ago Spacex falcon heavy launches the largest commercial communications satellite. 1
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@JWSSpeedo9 months ago Do rockets like this cause any pollution. I never hear about it being a problem like private jet travel.
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@wendymcnure84319 months ago Every window is a mirror, joywave. I don' t know why, imagine dragons.
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@maneepanOnwan-lf8em9 months ago Dear sir, the one did not bless anyone who did not do, as the one needed, sir.
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@enisstewart40859 months ago I wonder what the carbon footprint is on this? Lol how long until electric rockets?
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@cbk-te7ru9 months ago 21 yrs old. With the mentality of a 2yr old.
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@nathanwright8459 months ago Lol why they do them at night? Easier to fake? Lmao people need to wake up. 1
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@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro16029 months ago So. 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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@keith91459 months ago You can tell that it' s fake because it looks so fake.
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@johnschaefer22389 months ago In light of what happened to the shuttle challenger in 1986 isnit unwise to launch any rocket at night. So much about what failed for challenger was l . ...Expand