SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches world’s most massive communications satellite [Updated]

Enlarge / SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Friday night.Stephen Clark/Ars Technica

2:45 a.m. EDT Saturday update: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy has successfully launched the Jupiter 3 communications satellite.

5:30 p.m. EDT Thursday update: The launch of SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy rocket has been pushed back again until Friday night, following a scrub Wednesday night with about a minute left in the countdown.

12:30 a.m. EDT Thursday update: SpaceX has scrubbed the Falcon Heavy rocket’s first launch attempt and will try again Thursday night.

The heaviest commercial communications satellite ever built lifted off on top of a SpaceX

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