ViaSat-3 F2 (ViaSat-3 EMEA)
Atlas V 551, United Launch Alliance
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch time
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Fri 14 Nov, 04:04 CET
03:04 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Launch probability 99%
Launch record updated by LL2
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ViaSat-3 F2 (ViaSat-3 EMEA) on Atlas V 551. Fri 14 Nov 2025, 03:04 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41. Source: Launch Library 2.
The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch-site file imagery
File imagery: Peregrine Mission One, 8 January 2024. Space Launch Complex 41 during a Vulcan launch.
Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett · Public domain (NASA) · SourceLaunch timeline
Times are relative to liftoff. Clock times are not shown while T-0 is unconfirmed or on hold.
- T-2 s
Ignition
Start of the engine ignition sequence
- T+1 s
Liftoff
First upwards movement of the rocket
- T+54 s
Max-Q
Maximum dynamic pressure
- T+1 min 46 s
SRB Separation
The solid rocket boosters are separated from the launcher.
- T+3 min 14 s
Fairing Separation
Separation of the payload fairing
- T+4 min 23 s
MECO
Cut-off of the main engine
- T+4 min 29 s
Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
- T+4 min 39 s
SES-1
First start of the second engine
- T+11 min 35 s
SECO-1
First cut-off of the second engine
- T+21 min 34 s
SES-2
Second start of the second engine
- T+26 min 55 s
SECO-2
Second cut-off of the second engine
- T+3 h 26 min
SES-3
Third start of the second engine
- T+3 h 29 min 8 s
SECO-3
Third cut-off of the second engine
- T+3 h 32 min 23 s
Payload Separation
Final deployment of the payload from the rocket
Slip history
Changes recorded by Space Right Now
No changes since we started tracking on .
Source updates from Launch Library 2 (24)
Announcements supplied by LL2 may predate our tracking. They are separate from changes observed by Space Right Now.
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Launch success with satellite in contact.
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Liftoff.
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GO for launch.
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Updated launch weather, >95% GO.
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New launch window.
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NET November 14 UTC per marine navigation warnings.
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Scrubbed due to re-occurrence of Atlas V booster liquid oxygen tank vent valve issue, new date TBD.
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Updated launch weather, 50% GO.
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Weather is 80% favorable for launch.
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Scrubbed for the day due to valve issue; 24 hours recycle.
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Hold at T-4 minutes.
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Updated launch weather, 95% GO.
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Delayed to NET November 5 LT.
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GO for launch, NET November 3 LT.
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NET second half of October 2025.
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NET early Q4.
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NET late summer.
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NET summer 2025.
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NET 1H 2025.
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NET Q4 2024 (requires swapping of satellites with one originally planned as ViaSat-3 APAC, else NET 1H 2025).
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NET Q1 2024.
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NET late 2023, to be determined.
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NET September 2023
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NET summer 2023
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Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.58341025, -80.58303644
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