Hughes JUPITER 3 Mission

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Published 2023-07-29

On Friday, July 28 at 11:04 p.m. ET, Falcon Heavy launched the Hughes JUPITER 3 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This was the third launch and landing of these Falcon Heavy side boosters, which previously supported USSF-44 and USSF-67.

All Comments (21)

@clevergirl4457 8 months ago

Falcon Heavy is always a spectacle! Those double booster landings are a marvel of engineering.
@thedarkside13 8 months ago

27:20 the perfect double booster landing is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in my life.
@jamarie1972 8 months ago

Never get old seeing those Booster Landings. Go SpaceX
@paulohenrique2439 8 months ago

18:57 - Startup 19:45 - T-10 19:55 - Liftoff 21:05 - Max-Q 22:22 - BECO 22:27 - Booster Sep 22:48 - Booster Back 23:45 - MECO 24:26 - Fairing Sep 26:10 - Entry 27:26 - Landing 28:25 - SECO-1 46:35 - SES-2 48:08 - SECO-2 3:42:01 - SES-3 3:42:35 - SECO-3 3:48:52 - Deploy
@gasser5001 8 months ago

Seeing both boosters land never gets old. It’s straight out of a science fiction movie. I can’t wait to watch starship. It’s going to feel like Star Trek IRL.
@dhbamby 8 months ago

As someone who has worked on the J3 project for the last 4-5 years for this launch, my stomach was in my throat for the 3.5 hours of this deployment.
@StereoSpace 8 months ago

The voice-over narration of the launch was outstanding. Calm, clear, articulate, informative. Really well done.
@theimpostorchannel194 8 months ago

Congrats SpaceX for an amazing launch! Hope to see you soon in future missions. Go SpaceX!
@alexanderea99 8 months ago

Hughes satellite was literally HUGE! you can actually see the size of it during its separation from 2nd Stage. At 9,200 kg, Hughes is the heaviest comm satellite in GEO so far.
@timdoyon1964 8 months ago

Only thing better than watching a Falcon 9 booster landing is watching Falcon Heavy nail two perfect landings side by side! Incredible as always! 🎯 🎯
@richardw2566 8 months ago

Watching SpaceX make something incredibly complex and technically difficult, look routine and easy is AMAZING. Great job SpaceX. Can't wait for Starship.
@Redman147 8 months ago

This will NEVER get old. When people ask why SpaceX launches are so mezmerizing... LOOK AT THAT THING!! I cry every time I see it launch, seperate, land, launch again, rinse repeat.
@haydenscobie4533 8 months ago

This is so underrated at the moment and should be all over. I loved that Netflix documentary.
@DeonTolmay 8 months ago

That double landing keeps on being awesome! It never fails. Great job as always Spacex!
@plebcrabslayer 8 months ago

Falcon Heavy is in Startup: 18:56 LD ‘Go’ for launch: 19:12 T-minus 30 seconds: 19:25 Liftoff: 19:55 Supersonic: 20:53 Max-Q: 21:10 BECO: 22:25 Booster sep: 22:27 MECO: 23:54 Stage Sep: 23:55 SES-1: 24:00 Fairing deploy: 24:26 Entry burns: 26:09 Landing burns: 27:20 Landings: 27:37 SECO-1: 28:26 SES-2: 46:38 SECO-2: 48:07 SES-3: 3:42:01 SECO-3: 3:42:31 Deploy: 3:48:53
@butters4596 8 months ago

SpaceX launching the competition's internet.
@anonymoussoul3343 8 months ago

What an amazing time to live! Nothing can beat two SB landing side by side, this is mind boggling. And here is the timestamp you are looking for: 27:20
@tasben.c 8 months ago

I saw it live yesterday, and it was awesome to see human achievements in the field of knowledge and exploration ❤🎉 Congrats SpaceX
@BobTaile 8 months ago

The incrediblely hard working and genius SpaceX teams make these unbelievably complex, difficult missions look so easy. That is the epitomy of professionalism. We all appreciate you and are amazed at what you do SpaceX 👏 👏 👏 👏
@weschilton 8 months ago

Congratulations on the success of this record-breaking mission!