Falcon Heavy | GOES-U
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Launch Window
June 25, 2024, 9:16 p.m. - June 25, 2024, 11:16 p.m.
June 25, 2024, 9:16 p.m. - June 25, 2024, 11:16 p.m.
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) is the fourth of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites, known as the GOES-R series. The four satellites of the series provide advanced imaging with increased spatial resolution and faster coverage for more accurate forecasts, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity. Once GOES-U reaches orbit, it will be renamed GOES-19.
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Launch success with spacecraft solar arrays deployed.
Spacecraft separation.
Liftoff.
Weather 60%
Delayed by 10 minutes
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
See DetailsThe Falcon Heavy side booster B1086 has landed back at the launch site after its 1st flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 2.The Falcon Heavy side booster B1072 has landed back at the launch site after its 1st flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.Core booster B1087 was expended on its first flight.
Core will be expended.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 25, 2024. GOES-U is …
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A new NOAA weather satellite lifted off from Kennedy Space Center this evening enroute to geostationary orbit above the equator. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U, or GOES-U, is the fourth […]
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