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SpaceX has launched the world’s heaviest commercial satellite

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The Jupiter 3 satellite is capable of delivering a maximum throughput of 500 gigabits per second to the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched the Falcon Heavy rocket, launching the American telecommunications satellite Jupiter 3 into geostationary orbit. The company announced this on Twitter on Saturday, July 29th.

Jupiter 3 satellite output confirmed.

The launch vehicle launched from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad LC-39A in Cape Canaveral Florida on Friday at 23:04 ET (Saturday at 06:04 ET)

The communication satellite weighing 9.2 tons is the heaviest in the world. The machine is designed for high speed Internet connection. It can provide a maximum bandwidth of 500 gigabits per second in the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America. The satellite cost $445 million and was ordered from Maxar manufacturer EchoStar and a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems.

After separation from the carrier, two Falcon Heavy side boosters made vertical landings on the LZ-1 and LZ-2 pads at the Cape Canaveral launch site.

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Earlier in July, SpaceX launched Falcon 9 rockets carrying Starlink satellites three times. The total number of these Internet satellites is approaching 5,000.

SpaceX also launched a group of military satellites for the needs of the US space forces.


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