SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch from Florida followed by Atlas V
Florida Today • • science
Key Points:
- SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the ViaSat-F3 broadband satellite from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 27, with liftoff no earlier than 10:21 a.m. and a launch window until 11:46 a.m.
- This Falcon Heavy mission marks the first launch from the Space Coast in over a year, following the October 2024 Europa Clipper mission.
- After liftoff, the Falcon Heavy's two side boosters will return to Cape Canaveral Landing Zones 2 and 40, creating twin sonic booms.
- Later the same day, United Launch Alliance will launch an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at no earlier than 8:52 p.m., carrying 29 Amazon Leo satellites.
- FLORIDA TODAY will provide live coverage starting 90 minutes before the Falcon Heavy launch.
