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SpaceX to relaunch Falcon Heavy on April 27 from LC-39A with Viasat-3.3 after 18-month hiatus

SpaceX is targeting an April 27 launch of Falcon Heavy from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, marking a return to flight after more than 18 months. The mission is scheduled to place Viasat-3.3 into geosynchronous transfer orbit, with both side boosters slated for landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Discovered 2026-04-26T00:36:19.054094-07:00 | 2026-04-26T00:36:19.054094-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • Falcon Heavy’s restart after an 18-month gap affects heavy-lift capacity and schedule certainty for GTO-class payloads, in a market already under pressure to expand beyond limited certified providers (Space Force demand surge pressures heavy-lift launch market).
  • The Viasat-3.3 mission highlights continued demand for high-capability launch services tied to major commercial communications satellites, with booster landing plans aimed at restoring operational tempo and reuse economics.
  • The return to LC-39A extends SpaceX’s Florida launch cadence context alongside other recent Falcon 9 activity from the U.S. space coast (SpaceX launches Starlink 10-41 from Cape Canaveral).

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