SpaceX announced that it is standing down from the launch due to "violation of abort criteria." The Elon Musk-led private space company said that it will reattempt launch tomorrow. Standing down from tonight’s Falcon Heavy launch of the @HughesConnects JUPITER 3 mission due to a violation of abort criteria. Teams are resetting for a launch attempt tomorrow, July 27; vehicle and payload are in good health — SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 27, 2023 SpaceX is set to launch what could be the largest private communications satellite ever on Thursday, July 27. The Jupiter 3 satellite is designed to deliver internet services to customers in North and South America. The Falcon Heavy rocket will take off carrying Jupiter 3 will be taking off from Launch Complex-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Elon Musk-led company is targeting a launch time of 8.34 AM IST on Thursday, July 27, as per a Space.com report. The Falcon Heavy had the highest payload capacity among all operational rockets for a long time till NASA launched the Artemis 1 mission with the Space Launch System (SLS). SpaceX’s Starship rocket system, which is still being developed and tested, is poised to be even more powerful than that. The Jupiter 3 satellite features a new architecture based on a range of new technologies, including the miniaturisation of electronics, solid-state amplifiers and more efficient antenna designs, according to Maxar, the company that built the satellite. It will join Hughes’ existing Jupiter satellite network, doubling its current capacity to 500 GBps. Approximately eight minutes after launch, Falcon Heavy's side boosters will return to Earth and land on Landing Zones 1 and 2 pic.twitter.com/rI1Cv9EBzy — SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 24, 2023 It will enable HughesNet customers in the United States and Latin America to access satellite broadband with speeds as high as 100 Mbps, according to Hughes.
