SpaceX's Falcon Heavy set to launch ViaSat-3 Americas satellite.

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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy set to launch ViaSat-3 Americas satellite.
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SpaceX showcased its Falcon Heavy rocket ahead of its scheduled April 18 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida's Space Coast. The rocket will send a ViaSat-3 broadband communications satellite to orbit as the first of a three-part constellation, along with a small communications satellite called Arcturus. The Falcon Heavy is the world's most powerful booster and has 27 Merlin engines that will bring the booster into space.

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