Welcome to the GOES-U Launch Discussion and Updates Thread! First Falcon Heavy launch of the year!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-06-25 21:26 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-06-25 17:26 (EDT) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. | | Launch vehicle | Falcon Heavy | | Center | 1087-1 (expended) | | Booster | 1072-1 (RTLS, LZ1) | | Booster | 1086-1 (RTLS, LZ2) | | Customer | NASA / NOAA | | Payload | GOES-U | | Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of payload into Geostationary Transfer Orbit |
Livestreams
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| | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4HH_fL7QVk | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSRo1H73O9g | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBxb5-S8HM | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kMlfbo1lts | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTDhfuRxo7U | | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=227WGGFeDoc | | SpaceX | | | The Space Devs | |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 1st Falcon Heavy launch this year, 10th overall
☑️ 13th launch from LC-39A this year
☑️ 32 days, 18:31:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 65th SpaceX launch this year, 365th overall (excluding Starship tests)
☑️ 67th SpaceX launch this year, 378th overall (including Starship tests)
☑️ 280th consecutive successful Falcon 9 / FH launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 325th & 326th Falcon Family Booster landings, 334th and 335th Falcon recovery attempt
Payload info: GOES-U
NextSpaceflight:
GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather.
Resources and articles:
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SES-2, SECO-2, and norminal transfer orbit.
SES-3 scheduled for T+04:21:18.
Interesting that they are doing a third burn of Stage 2. They mentioned that Falcon Heavy had some additional performance which would extend the lifetime of the satellite. Is this a partial GEO circularization burn?