flown missionSuccess
Falcon Heavy | GOES-U
SpaceXLaunch Complex 39A — Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- GOES-U
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Weather probability
- 70% go
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Weather concerns
- Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules, Surface Electric Fields Rule
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Family
- Falcon
- Variant
- Heavy
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
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launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Location
- Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.6082, -80.6043