![]() EDT (03:04 UTC) with the ignition of the Falcon Heavy's 27 main engines on Launch Complex 39A. Teams in Florida swapped out the valve, but decided to forego a launch opportunity Thursday night and target Friday night for the next launch attempt. ![]() SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt Wednesday night with about a minute left in the countdown due to a stuck valve on one of the Falcon Heavy's first stage boosters. SpaceX's Falcon Heavy propelled the spacecraft on its way toward an operating position in geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator. This satellite, owned by EchoStar and built by Maxar, tipped the scales at about 9.2 metric tons, or more than 20,000 pounds. The heaviest commercial communications satellite ever built lifted off on top of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Friday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. EDT Thursday update: SpaceX has scrubbed the Falcon Heavy rocket's first launch attempt and will try again Thursday night. EDT Thursday update: The launch of SpaceX's next Falcon Heavy rocket has been pushed back again until Friday night, following a scrub Wednesday night with about a minute left in the countdown.ġ2:30 a.m. EDT Saturday update: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has successfully launched the Jupiter 3 communications satellite.ĥ:30 p.m. ![]() Trevor Mahlmann/Ars Technica reader comments 316Ģ:45 a.m. ![]()
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