SpaceX's High-Speed Internet Satellite Launched into Orbit

The Falcon Heavy rocket has launched the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite into orbit to provide high-speed internet across the continental United States. This was reported by SpaceX.

The Falcon Heavy rocket's launch took place with the 6.7-ton, bus-sized satellite from the Florida spaceport on Sunday at 20:26 local time, which is 04:26 on Monday Yerevan time.

Previously, it was reported that the satellite is the first of three next-generation devices in ViaSat Inc.'s Ka-band global coverage system, which will collectively offer throughput that is twice the capacity of all existing commercial internet satellites in orbit. Each satellite is expected to provide over one terabyte per second of network throughput. The operational lifespan of the satellite is 15 years.

The second ViaSat-3 satellite, which the company plans to launch later, will cover Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, while the third satellite will cover the Asia-Pacific region.

The satellites are designed to provide high-speed broadband connectivity to individual users, commercial companies, as well as governmental and defense organizations.

Additionally, as a secondary payload, the rocket will also launch Astranis's MicroGEO mini communication satellite and Gravity Space's GS-1 Earth remote sensing satellite into orbit.