SpaceX FH : Viasat-3 Americas (Rideshare) : KSC LC-39A : 2nd week of April 2023

[zubenelgenubi]

B1068.1 will not be expended on USSF-67; it remains for this launch:

NextSpaceFlight, updated January 5:
Center Core listed as B1070

[zubenelgenubi]

SFN Launch preps underway for first of up to five Falcon Heavy missions this year, January 7:
Northern hemisphere spring starts in March, so NET March is not negated.

There are two more Falcon Heavy missions scheduled for launch in the spring. One will launch the first ViaSat 3 internet satellite to beam broadband service over the Americas for Viasat, and the other will launch the USSF-52 mission for the Space Force.

[gongora]

Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests 30 days of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”),1 commencing March 24, 2023, to use its Castle Rock, Colorado Ku-band earth station, Call Sign KL92, to provide launch and early orbit phase (“LEOP”) services to ViaSat-3 (S2917).2 ViaSat-3 is expected to launch on March 24, 2023.

[Alexphysics]

Now NET April 8th

https://investors.viasat.com/static-files/caaaea6a-6f1e-460e-9f57-ad6ddb2353de

We are happy to report that after a long, painstaking process the first ViaSat-3 satellite has completed construction and testing, and is scheduled for launch the week of April 8th

[vaporcobra]

Intelsat License LLC (“Intelsat”) herein requests 30 days of Special Temporary Authority (“STA”),1 commencing March 24, 2023, to use its Castle Rock, Colorado Ku-band earth station, Call Sign KL92, to provide launch and early orbit phase (“LEOP”) services to ViaSat-3 (S2917).2 ViaSat-3 is expected to launch on March 24, 2023.

Now NET April 8th

https://investors.viasat.com/static-files/caaaea6a-6f1e-460e-9f57-ad6ddb2353de

We are happy to report that after a long, painstaking process the first ViaSat-3 satellite has completed construction and testing, and is scheduled for launch the week of April 8th

Two weeks of delays in... two weeks! The struggle continues.

[gongora]

The Intelsat filings rarely end up being the actual launch date.  The customer publicly giving a launch window two months from now is a good sign.

[gongora]

Said they're planning April 8, after the two NASA ISS missions.  Reach orbital slot a couple weeks after launch.  Viasat-3 EMEA on ULA in September.