Live updates from the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch on the ViaSat-3F 3 mission. Lift off occurred 10:13 a.m. Wed. April 29 from Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket flew for the first time in 18 months Wednesday (April 29), and a sharp-eyed satellite was watching.

SpaceX's most powerful operational rocket boosted a high-speed ViaSat internet data relay satellite into space to complete a globe-spanning constellation.

After “unfavorable weather” caused SpaceX to scrub a launch attempt on Monday, the company successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from the Space Coast on Wednesday.

A Falcon Heavy rocket thundered off Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on April 29, 2026, carrying the last of three massive broadband satellites that Viasat needs to complete a global internet network.

SpaceX has launched its powerful Falcon Heavy carrying the ViaSat-3 F3 satellite, marking the rocket’s first flight in over a year. The satellite is headed to geostationary orbit, where it will help deliver high-speed internet across the Asia-Pacific region,

After unfavorable weather caused a delay, SpaceX on Wednesday launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida's Space Coast. The rocket was carrying a ViaSat-3 communications satellite into orbit.

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