Next commercial Falcon Heavy mission to launch debut Astranis satellite

Astranis said Sept. 23 that SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket will launch its first commercial satellite in a direct-inject mission to geostationary orbit (GEO) in spring 2022. The San Francisco-based startup, which is building and operating the Arcturus satellite for U.S.-based telco Pacific Dataport Inc (PDI), previously picked SpaceX’s Falcon 9 for a launch as a secondary payload early next year to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). More

(Source: SpaceNews - Sep 24)