SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy stands tall at Launch Complex 39A, poised for its first flight since October 2024. The triple-core beast will hurl ViaSat-3 F3, a six-ton communications satellite, toward geostationary orbit. Liftoff was targeted for 10:21 a.m. EDT on April 27, 2026—an 85-minute window that scrubbed due to weather. Backup eyes April 28. Vehicle and payload healthy, per SpaceX’s update . This marks Falcon Heavy’s 12th mission. Last time out: NASA’s Europa Clipper, fully expended. Now, both side boosters return. One veteran of 18 Starlink runs. The other flew GOES-U in June 2024. They’ll sync-land at Cape Canaveral’s Landing Zones 2 and 40. Center core expendable into the Atlantic. Spectacle awaits. And the payload? ViaSat-3 F3 caps the broadband constellation, pumping over 1 Tbps across Asia-Pacific. Weighs six metric tons. ViaSat switched from Ariane 6 after delays; modified a 2019 contract for Ariane 64, but Europe’s launcher woes forced the pivot, as detailed by The Register .…