SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches Giant Satellite, Nails Double Booster Landing In Jupiter 3 Mission

The Falcon Heavy lifted off Friday at 0304 UTC(on July 29) from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, carrying the Jupiter 3 satellite, the largest commercial communications satellite ever built, according to its operator, Hughes Network Systems. The payload, also known as Echostar 24 and Hughes Jupiter 3, is the heaviest geostationary satellite to date at 9.2 metric tons