Tag: geostationary-orbit

May 5, 2026 · deep dive

Falcon Heavy Returns | A Six-Ton Bet on Geostationary Broadband

Falcon Heavy flew for the first time in eighteen months on April 29, 2026, expending its center core to push Viasat's final ViaSat-3 satellite toward geostationary orbit. The mission is a flagship rocket doing what only it can still do, for an operator betting six tons of high-throughput hardware on a market Starlink is rapidly redefining.

Mar 30, 2026 · deep dive

GOES-19: The Last Weather Sentinel

The final satellite in a multi-billion-dollar program that learned its hardest lesson from a clogged pipe. GOES-19 is now NOAA's eyes on every Atlantic hurricane - and it's already found dozens of comets no one was looking for.

Mar 17, 2026 · deep dive

EchoStar 25 - DISH Network Launches a New Satellite Into a Shrinking Market

In a year when EchoStar agreed to sell $40 billion in spectrum, tried to give DISH away for a dollar, and nearly went bankrupt, it still managed to launch what may be the most capable direct broadcast satellite ever built. Here's why.