GOES-U (Falcon Heavy) 25 June 2024 |
Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center |
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Side Booster Separation |
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Boosters touchdown at Landing Zone 1 & 2 |
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NASA / NOAA GOES-U MEDIA RELEASES |
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The GOES-U satellite will orbit above the Earth's equator at approximately 35,700 km (22,236 mi) observing weather patterns in the contiguous USA, Central and South America, and Atlantic Ocean. GOES-U is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) most sophisticated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) series and will assist weather forecasters and climate researchers with real-time high-resolution imagery, earlier detection of severe weather that could save lives, and tropical cyclone forecasts. The weather satellite also carries a suite of space weather instruments that will be used to detect solar storms early and help predict their possible impacts. | |
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