Interesting Engineering by Chris Young 5/17/2022
At 9.2 tons, it may be the largest spacecraft to ever launch to geostationary orbit.SpaceX will launch the heaviest commercial geostationary satellite ever aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket early next year, following several delays.
Earlier this month, SpaceX customer EchoStar announced satellite builder Maxar Technologies had delayed the delivery of the much-anticipated Jupiter-3, which had been scheduled to launch near the end of the year.
New information has since emerged, upping Jupiter-3's original dry weight estimation, meaning it will be a record-breaking satellite launch for all involved.
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