SpaceX Launches World's Most Powerful Commercial Rocket

Hello and welcome to Celebrity Spotlight Radio Show. I'm your host Antonio Saillant, and in today's episode, we're going to talk about the latest news from the space industry. SpaceX has launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the ViaSat 3 Americas broadband satellite. It's a big step forward for the space exploration industry, and we're here to give you all the details.

On April 30, 2023, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket took off from Kennedy Space Center at 8:26 p.m. EDT. The rocket stands 229 feet tall and measures 40 feet across its three boosters. At liftoff, its 27 Merlin 1D first-stage engines generated about 5.1 million pounds of thrust.

Fully fueled for launch, the Falcon Heavy contained approximately 3 million pounds of kerosene and liquid oxygen propellants. It's still the world's most powerful operational commercial rocket and climbed into the sky from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at twilight tonight with the ViaSat 3 Americas internet satellite.

The Falcon Heavy's two side boosters, flying for the 3rd and 8th time, jettisoned from the core stage three minutes after launch from Kennedy Space Center. For the first time, SpaceX won't recover any of the Falcon Heavy boosters due to mission requirements.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy upper stage completed two of three burns on tonight's long-duration mission. The vehicle is now coasting nearly four hours until a final maneuver to place three satellites into an orbit 21,512 miles over the equator.

Viasat confirms their new satellite is transmitting its first signals from space following launch tonight on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. The satellite is the first step towards offering high-speed internet access to remote and rural areas.

The upper stage engine on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has completed its third firing tonight, inserting the ViaSat 3 Americas internet satellite and two rideshares into an orbit just below geosynchronous altitude about 21,512 miles above Earth.

The upper stage of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has released Viasat's new high-power internet satellite into a near-geostationary orbit. Next will be solar array, radiator, and antenna deployments.

The 55-pound Gravity Space GS-1 satellite separated from the Falcon Heavy. It's the first commercial CubeSat-based craft to fly in geostationary orbit. GS-1 will secure orbital slot reservations and perform a rendezvous/docking experiment.

SpaceX confirms the final payload on tonight's Falcon Heavy launch -- Astranis's first MicroGEO communications satellite named Arcturus -- has separated from the rocket. Arcturus will provide internet coverage to Alaska for Pacific Dataport.

And that's a wrap for today's episode of Celebrity Spotlight Radio Show. We hope you enjoyed learning about SpaceX's latest launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket with the ViaSat 3 Americas broadband satellite. Stay tuned for more exciting news and updates from the world of science and technology. Thank you for tuning in, and we'll see you next time.

✅ "SpaceX Launches World's Most Powerful Commercial Rocket"
Host - Antonio Saillant

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Published - April 30, 2023