SpaceX to launch world’s largest private communications satellite

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.

Hughes JUPITER 3 (EchoStar XXIV) ultra high-density satellite pictured before it was delivered to the U.S. Space Coast for launch preparations. (Maxar)

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.

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.

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