WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off June 25 with the latest spacecraft in a series of geostationary weather satellites that also include several firsts. The Falcon Heavy lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 5:26 PM Eastern, 10 minutes into a two-hour window, when launch controllers found favorable weather … Read more
A Falcon Heavy rocket launched a new weather satellite into orbit from the Space Coast on Tuesday evening. The ‘GOES-U’ satellite is the newest and final addition to NOAA’s GOES-R series of satellites. GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite Series. The launch took place on Tuesday at 5:26 p.m. The satellites provide advanced imagery, … Read more
It’s time to bring out the big engines. Those on the Space Coast will soon be in for a treat. Not one, but three Falcon 9 first-stage rockets, which make up the Falcon Heavy, will tentatively blast into the Florida sky this week to launch a weather satellite into orbit. It’s been a while since … Read more
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission. The two-hour launch window begins Tuesday, June 25 at 5:16 PM EDT for the satellite’s launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space … Read more
The beautiful green, purple and red colors of the Northern Lights may be visible tonight from northern parts of the upper Midwest thanks to a solar ejection crashing into Earth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SPWC) has issued a G1 geomagnetic storm watch for June 4 in anticipation of … Read more
Earth is expected to be hit by a powerful three-day solar storm today that could cause “fluctuations in the power grid,” experts warn. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) noted that the geomagnetic storm, which is a major disruption of Earth’s magnetosphere, could disrupt the orbits of satellites, cause radio blackouts and create incredible … Read more