Falcon Heavy | GOES-U
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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SpaceX
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.
GOES-U
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.
Falcon Heavy
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 26700 kg
Liftoff Thrust 22819 kN
Diameter 12.20 Meters
Mass To LEO 63800 kg
Liftoff Mass 1400 Tonnes
Launch Success 11
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 2018-02-06
Launch Failures 0
Core
Serial B1087
Status expended
Flight Proven No
Flights 1
Landing Attempt No
Landing Success Unknown
Type EXP
Location ATL
Strap-On Booster
Serial B1086
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-2
Strap-On Booster
Serial B1072
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-26T03:12:34+0000
Launch success with spacecraft solar arrays deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-26T01:57:31+0000
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-06-25T21:26:22+0000
Liftoff.
Nosu
2024-06-25T20:56:47+0000
Weather 60%
Nosu
2024-06-25T20:34:23+0000
Delayed by 10 minutes
LL2
2024-06-25T20:12:56+0000
Official Webcast by NASA has started
Nosu
2024-06-22T18:35:01+0000
Weather 30%
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-05-09T23:48:48+0000
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-26T15:36:06+0000
NET June 25.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-27T15:31:22+0000
Delayed to NET May 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-18T00:14:56+0000
NET April 30, 2024.
spacevogel
2021-09-10T20:23:51+0000
Added launch, NET April 2024
Programs
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service division, supports weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research
Related Events
GOES-U Prelaunch News Conference
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Prelaunch news conference at Kennedy (following completion of the Launch Readiness Review), with the following participants: - Denton Gibson, launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA - Steve Volz, assistant administrator, NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service - Pam Sullivan, director, GOES-R Program, NOAA - John Gagosian, director, Joint Agency Satellite Division - Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX - Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force
GOES-U Science Briefing
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GOES-U science briefing with the following participants: - Charles Webb, deputy director, Joint Agency Satellite Division, NASA - Ken Graham, director, NOAA’s National Weather Service - Dan Lindsey, chief scientist, GOES-R Program, NOAA - Elsayed Talaat, director, NOAA’s Office of Space Weather Observations - Chris Wood, NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot
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