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Welcome to the r/SpaceX ViaSat-3 Americas & Others Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

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Scheduled for (UTC)	May 01 2023, 00:26
Scheduled for (local)	Apr 30 2023, 20:26 PM (EDT)
Payload	ViaSat-3 Americas & Others
Weather Probability	95% GO
Launch site	LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Center	B1068-1
Booster	B1052-8
Booster	B1053-3
Landing	This launch requires the full performance of Falcon Heavy, expending all 3 cores
Mission success criteria	Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit

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Timeline

Time	Update
[](/# MC // row 0) T+4h 53m	All Payloads deployed
[](/# MC // row 1) T+8:44	Norminal Parking Orbit
[](/# MC // row 2) T+8:17	SECO
[](/# MC // row 3) T+4:55	Fairing Sep
[](/# MC // row 4) T+4:27	SES-1
[](/# MC // row 5) T+4:22	Stage Sep
[](/# MC // row 6) T+4:17	MECO
[](/# MC // row 7) T+3:13	Booster Seperation
[](/# MC // row 8) T+3:10	BECO
[](/# MC // row 9) T+1:30	MaxQ
[](/# MC // row 10) T-0	Liftoff
[](/# MC // row 11) T-45	GO for launch
[](/# MC // row 12) T-60	Startup
[](/# MC // row 13) T-2:59	center core lox load completed
[](/# MC // row 14) T-3:17	Booster lox loading completed
[](/# MC // row 15) T-4:23	Strongback retracting
[](/# MC // row 16) T-7:00	Engine chill
[](/# MC // row 17) T-8:20	100th flight with reused fairings, first FH
[](/# MC // row 18) T-11:44	Webcast live
[](/# MC // row 19) T-21:43	T-22 Minute Vent , fueling on schedule
[](/# MC // row 20) T-0d 0h 25m	Thread last generated using the LL2 API

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Watch the launch live

Stream	Link
SpaceX	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFbp6PVbJQA

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Stats

☑️ 242nd SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 204th consecutive successful Falcon 9 / FH launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 29th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 5th launch from LC-39A this year

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

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Launch Weather Forecast

Weather
Temperature	20.1°C
Humidity	77%
Precipation	0.0 mm (0%)
Cloud cover	0 %
Windspeed (at ground level)	10.9 m/s
Visibillity	20100.0 m

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Resources

Mission Details 🚀

Link	Source
SpaceX mission website	SpaceX

Community content 🌐

Link	Source
Flight Club	u/TheVehicleDestroyer
Discord SpaceX lobby	u/SwGustav
SpaceX Now	u/bradleyjh
SpaceX Patch List

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