Falcon Heavy Launches ViaSat-3 F3, Space Brief 27 Apr 2026
Falcon Heavy launched ViaSat-3 F3 on April 27, its 12th flight, with the first dual landing zone recovery. Plus Soyuz-5's demo flight nears at Baikonur.
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Tue, 08 Mar 2022 04:27:21 GMT
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1 T0259U 22067.18567095 .00002508 00000+0 12501-1 0 9998
2 T0259 82.4376 46.3682 0296266 83.0643 280.4046 12.58089132 91937
Source: Celestrak
Apologies, there is no summary for this satellite yet. I am working to generate these for every object in the catalog, but it is going to take time.
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