The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) team received telemetry from GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U), indicating the spacecraft is functioning nominally and is power positive. The NOAA GOES-U satellite has now safely deployed, and NOAA has acquired a signal. GOES-U will take about two weeks to reach geostationary orbit. Once there, the satellite …
The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) has separated from the SpaceX Falcon Heavy second stage rocket. The GOES-U spacecraft will now unfurl its solar arrays and work toward powering up and establishing communications with ground controllers. Follow along while the team works to acquire signal from the satellite. …
The rocket’s second stage completed its final burn before it separates from the satellite. The satellite will separate from the rocket in about eight minutes. Then, about 15 minutes later, the satellite will deploy its solar array and should achieve a power positive state about 10 minutes. Continue checking NASA’s GOES blog for additional mission …
The second stage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy fired its engines for more than a minute, before experiencing the second stage engine cut off of this mission. The GOES-U satellite now will coast for just under four hours before its final burn, establishing it in a geostationary orbit, about 22,236 miles above Earth. Continue checking …
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s dual first-stage side boosters have completed near-simultaneous touchdowns at Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Meanwhile, the rocket has completed the first second stage engine cut off. It will experience cut off twice more. The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational …
The Falcon Heavy center core’s nine Merlin engines have reached cutoff, and the booster has separated from the second stage. Coming up next, the Falcon Heavy’s second stage engine starts up. Following that, the protective payload fairings will be jettisoned revealing NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) to the …
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission launched at 5:26 p.m. EDT, June 25 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A series of rapid events occurs after launch, one of the most important is Max Q – …
Countdown to the 5:26 p.m. EDT liftoff of the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida continues as planned. Moments ago, the “engine chill” process of conditioning the 27 main Merlin engines on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket got underway. This conditioning …
NASA’s launch manager has given a “go” for launch of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. In the next few moments, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket’s 27 Merlin engines will roar to life at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, starting GOES-U’s journey to …
Mission management teams have polled “go” to begin fueling the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket as the countdown continues toward the launch of NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Composed of a central core and dual side boosters, …
