Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific) — launch recap & visibility

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.

Rocket
Falcon Heavy
Provider
SpaceX
Launch site
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Status
Launch Successful

Liftoff time

Which cities could see this launch?

Estimated visibility from major towns near US launch sites, assuming clear skies and an open horizon at the time of liftoff:

CityVisibilityLook towardDistance to pad
Titusville, FL Excellent east 12 mi
Port Canaveral, FL Excellent north 14 mi
Mims, FL Excellent east-southeast 15 mi
Merritt Island, FL Excellent north-northeast 18 mi
Cocoa Beach, FL Excellent north 20 mi
Rockledge, FL Excellent north-northeast 20 mi
Satellite Beach, FL Excellent north 30 mi
New Smyrna Beach, FL Excellent southeast 35 mi
Indialantic, FL Excellent north 36 mi
Melbourne, FL Excellent north 36 mi
Palm Bay, FL Excellent north 40 mi
Sanford, FL Excellent east-southeast 42 mi
Orlando, FL Excellent east 47 mi
Daytona Beach, FL Excellent south-southeast 49 mi
Kissimmee, FL Excellent east-northeast 54 mi
Sebastian, FL Excellent north 55 mi
Vero Beach, FL Excellent north 68 mi
Palm Coast, FL Excellent south-southeast 76 mi
Fort Pierce, FL Excellent north-northwest 82 mi
Lakeland, FL Good east-northeast 91 mi
Port St. Lucie, FL Good north 94 mi
St. Augustine, FL Good south-southeast 99 mi
Tampa, FL Good east-northeast 122 mi
Gainesville, FL Good southeast 126 mi
Jacksonville, FL Good south-southeast 135 mi
West Palm Beach, FL Good north-northwest 135 mi
Fort Lauderdale, FL Good north 174 mi
Brunswick, GA Good south-southeast 183 mi
Miami, FL Good north 198 mi
Valdosta, GA Fair southeast 222 mi
Savannah, GA Fair south 242 mi
Hilton Head Island, SC Fair south 250 mi
Tallahassee, FL Fair east-southeast 255 mi
Charleston, SC Fair south 291 mi
Myrtle Beach, SC Fair south-southwest 365 mi
Pensacola Beach, FL Marginal east-southeast 411 mi
Gulf Shores, AL Not visible — 442 mi
Grand Isle, LA Not visible — 570 mi
Norfolk, VA Not visible — 622 mi
Virginia Beach, VA Not visible — 629 mi
Newport News, VA Not visible — 633 mi
Richmond, VA Not visible — 644 mi
Cape Charles, VA Not visible — 655 mi
Exmore, VA Not visible — 676 mi
Onancock, VA Not visible — 688 mi
Wallops Island, VA Not visible — 706 mi
Chincoteague, VA Not visible — 711 mi
Pocomoke City, MD Not visible — 715 mi
Salisbury, MD Not visible — 733 mi
Berlin, MD Not visible — 739 mi
Washington, DC Not visible — 740 mi
Ocean City, MD Not visible — 744 mi
Annapolis, MD Not visible — 754 mi
Rehoboth Beach, DE Not visible — 767 mi
Baltimore, MD Not visible — 773 mi
Cape May, NJ Not visible — 785 mi
Dover, DE Not visible — 785 mi
Ocean City, NJ Not visible — 814 mi
Philadelphia, PA Not visible — 842 mi
Rockport, TX Not visible — 1000 mi
Port Aransas, TX Not visible — 1003 mi
Corpus Christi, TX Not visible — 1023 mi
South Padre Island, TX Not visible — 1030 mi
Port Isabel, TX Not visible — 1033 mi
Laguna Vista, TX Not visible — 1038 mi
Bayview, TX Not visible — 1044 mi
Los Fresnos, TX Not visible — 1050 mi
Brownsville, TX Not visible — 1054 mi
Harlingen, TX Not visible — 1061 mi
McAllen, TX Not visible — 1093 mi
Laredo, TX Not visible — 1154 mi
San Diego, CA Not visible — 2180 mi
Pasadena, CA Not visible — 2234 mi
Mojave, CA Not visible — 2236 mi
Long Beach, CA Not visible — 2238 mi
Los Angeles, CA Not visible — 2240 mi
Malibu, CA Not visible — 2266 mi
Thousand Oaks, CA Not visible — 2274 mi
Bakersfield, CA Not visible — 2284 mi
Oxnard, CA Not visible — 2294 mi
Ventura, CA Not visible — 2300 mi
Santa Barbara, CA Not visible — 2323 mi
Fresno, CA Not visible — 2329 mi
Solvang, CA Not visible — 2348 mi
Buellton, CA Not visible — 2351 mi
Los Alamos, CA Not visible — 2355 mi
Santa Maria, CA Not visible — 2364 mi
Orcutt, CA Not visible — 2365 mi
Lompoc, CA Not visible — 2366 mi
Vandenberg Village, CA Not visible — 2367 mi
Guadalupe, CA Not visible — 2372 mi
Pismo Beach, CA Not visible — 2376 mi
San Luis Obispo, CA Not visible — 2377 mi
San Jose, CA Not visible — 2447 mi

Where to look

A rocket lifts off below the horizon for distant viewers, then climbs into view as it gains altitude and flies downrange. Closer to the pad you'll see it within seconds; a few hundred miles away it can take three to six minutes to rise over the horizon. Find an open view in the direction shown for your city and start watching at liftoff.

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Launch data from TheSpaceDevs Launch Library 2. Page generated June 4, 2026.