SpaceX successfully launched Jupiter 3, the world's largest commercial communications satellite.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens, new soft media friends 2xrpri, grass Luo Yuzi for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, July 29 (Xinhua) 11:04 on July 29, Beijing time, SpaceX used a Falcon heavy rocket to launch the "EchoStar Jupiter 3" communications satellite. The star and arrow were successfully separated after a flight of 3.5 hours. The launch is the 51st launch of SpaceX this year and the 250th successful launch of Falcon rockets.

▲ source SpaceX official push CTOnews.com previously reported that this launch is also the seventh launch of the Falcon heavy rocket, which is composed of SpaceX's three first-stage boosters, with upper stages and payloads at the top of the central booster, and all three first-stage boosters are reusable. So far, Falcon heavy rockets have been successfully launched six times, including two in 2023.

The Jupiter 3 communications satellite weighs 9.2 tons, making it the largest commercial communications satellite ever launched by mankind. The satellite, built by Maxar Technologies, an American space technology company, will join Hughes Network Systems's in-orbit satellite network to provide broadband network services to North and South America.