Trending Now - Spacex Delays Falcon Heavy Launch of Viasat-3 Due to Weather

WHO:

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - Dave Abrahamian, Viasat’s vice president of Satellite Systems

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - WESH - SpaceX

WHAT:

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - SpaceX scrubbed the Falcon Heavy launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite due to poor weather.

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - WESH - The Falcon Heavy rocket was scheduled to carry the ViaSat-3 F3 payload to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - The Falcon Heavy launch marks the 12th flight of the rocket since its debut in 2018.

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - The mission will deploy a six-metric-ton satellite nearly five hours after launch.

WHERE:

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - The launch was scheduled to take place from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - The side boosters are expected to land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

WHEN:

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - The launch was originally scheduled for 10:21 a.m. EDT, with an 85-minute launch window.

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - A new launch date has not been announced yet.

WHY:

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - The launch was postponed due to poor weather conditions, with a 70 percent chance of unfavorable weather during the launch window.

HOW:

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - The Falcon Heavy rocket will fly on an easterly trajectory, with the two side boosters targeting landings at Landing Zone 2 and Landing Zone 40.

[10:48 a.m. EDT] - Spaceflight Now - The mission will utilize a combination of old and new boosters, with the center core being expended into the Atlantic Ocean.

(UPDATED April 28, 2026 07:55 UTC)

SpaceX has postponed the Falcon Heavy launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite due to poor weather conditions, which had a 70 percent chance of being unfavorable during the launch window. The rocket was set to take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, with the side boosters expected to land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but a new launch date has yet to be announced. This mission, marking the 12th flight of the Falcon Heavy since its debut in 2018, will deploy a six-metric-ton satellite nearly five hours after liftoff.