‍Severe weather conditions are forecast again during Saturday’s launch opportunity; team is now working towards Sunday, April 30 for Falcon Heavy’s launch of ViasatInc's ViaSat-3 Americas mission http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=ViaSat-3-Americas
Source: @SpaceX

All systems and weather are looking good for tonight's Falcon Heavy launch of ViasatInc's ViaSat-3 Americas mission → http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=ViaSat-3-Americas
Source: @SpaceX

🚀 Next launch ViaSat-3 Americas & Others
Rocket Falcon Heavy
From LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center 🇺🇸

🕙 Launch time
April 30th, 23:29 UTC

🌍 Mission information
Type Communications
Orbit Geostationary Transfer Orbit

🚀 Vehicle information
Core B1068.1 (1st flight 🌟)
Expendable Last flight 🌠
Boosters B1052.8 (♻️x7), B1053.3 (♻️x2)

ℹ️ The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.
#Launch

‍Team is resetting the countdown clock to the end of the launch window due to ground winds. Targeting 0:26 UTC for liftoff of Falcon Heavy
Source: @SpaceX

T-1 hour until Falcon Heavy's launch of ViasatInc’s ViaSat-3 Americas mission; weather is 95% favorable for liftoff at 00:26 UTC → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFbp6PVbJQA
Source: @SpaceX

Liftoff!
Source: @SpaceX

Fairings deployed. This marks the 100th reuse of flight-proven fairings
Source: @SpaceX

Really spectacular launch with clear skies and colors as Falcon Heavy climbs to orbit. #SpaceX
Source: @Cygnusx112

‍Upper stage in initial parking orbit at 164 km
Source: @planet4589

My gosh. over 10,000kph at side booster cut off. That is crazy. Go #SpaceX with Falcon Heavy! Expendable version of this thing is freaking nutso! 🤯

17,000 kph at 2nd stage ignition!
Source: @MarcusHouse

Falcon Heavy streaks into a twilight sky with the ViaSat-3 Americas mission towards geostationary orbit.

It was a long few days and nights of nasty weather, but this evening’s sky was a pristine canvas to paint a beautiful image.
Source: @johnpisaniphoto

Falcon Heavy
Source: @elonmusk

Time lapse: Falcon Heavy launches at twilight
Source: @johnkrausphotos

Falcon Heavy
Source: @elonmusk

‍Following the first Starship test flight on April 20, several environmental groups have filed suit against the FAA today for “failing to fully analyze and mitigate the environmental harms resulting from the Starship/Super Heavy launch program.”

https://abcbirds.org/news/spacex-lawsuit/
Source: @TylerG1998

Stage separation at sunset, followed by second stage engine startup, and payload fairing deploy
Source: @SpaceX

‍This was the first time flight-proven fairings supported a Falcon Heavy mission, and it was the farthest downrange landing and recovery of fairings to-date at 1,200+ miles – nearly a third of the way to Africa!
Source: @SpaceX