First Terabit-Class Communications Satellite Reaches Orbit

Irene Klotz May 01, 2023
Credit: SpaceX
ViaSat-3 Americas, the first terabit-class communications satellite, reached orbit on May 1 following an early evening launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The 229-ft.-tall, triple core booster lifted off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A at 8:26 p.m. EDT on April 30 following two...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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