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Hughes Jupiter-3 (Falcon Heavy) 28 July 2023 |
Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center |
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the Hughes Jupiter-3 Echostar XXIV mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center at 11:04 p.m. on 28 July 2023. Following stage separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters landed on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Due to the weight of the Jupiter-3 satellite, the center stage was expended to maximize it performance taking the satellite to orbit. Both of the side boosters on this mission previously supported USSF-44 and USSF-67. |
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| A time exposure shows the launch arcing over Port Canaveral's Exploration Tower and the twin landing burns of the boosters at Landing Zones 1 & 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. | |
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Short video of the boostback burns of the two boosters. |
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Entry burn of the two side boosters. |
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Composite image of the landing burns of the two side boosters to Landing Zones 1 & 2. |
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EXCERPT FROM A HUGHES JUPITER-3 MEDIA RELEASE |
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SPACEX MISSON PATCH |
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All contents copyright Lunar Cabin |
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