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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket flew for the first time in 18 months on Wednesday (April 29) The Falcon Heavy launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launched the ViaSat-3 F3 satellite after an 18-month hiatus.
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- BlackSky's Gen-3 satellite captured both pre-launch and post-liftoff images of Falcon Heavy.
- Gen-3 satellites can resolve ground features as small as 13.8 inches from low Earth orbit.
- Four Gen-3 Earth-observing spacecraft have been launched by BlackSky so far.
- Gen-3 satellites demonstrated time-diverse imaging by photographing the rocket at different stages.
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