The three previous GOES-R satellites all launched on Atlas 5 rockets from United Launch Alliance, but NASA awarded SpaceX a $152.5 million contract for a Falcon Heavy launch of GOES-U in September ...

The Falcon Heavy's upper stage deployed GOES-U into geostationary orbit, 22,236 miles (35,785 kilometers) above Earth, about 4.5 hours after launch as planned.

NOAA's GOES-U satellite is set to rise to space atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from KSC's Pad 39A. The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. EDT. As of Sunday, the Space Force 45th Weather ...

The Lockheed Martin-built GOES-U satellite deploys from a SpaceX Falcon Heavy upper stage on June 25, 2024. The satellite will complete NOAA's GOES-R constellation of weather satellites.

View of SpaceX Falcon Heavy and GOES-U on the Kennedy Space Center launch pad. Update 4:05 p.m.: Check out this great photo our Space Team photographer, Craig Bailey, caught this morning.

NOAA GOES-U weather satellite will launch atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, which is about 150 miles from Jacksonville ...

A bit delayed by the weather, the Falcon Heavy rocket, holding the GOES-U satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Took off, bundling another feather in the cap for ...

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch: Best spots to view in Sebastian, Vero Beach, Fort Pierce Godspeed, Falcon Heavy! SpaceX's powerful rocket will liftoff with NOAA's GOES-U spacecraft, which will ...

“The overall launch cadence for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy at both SLCs, combined, would be 100 launches per year. No modification of SLC-4 infrastructure is proposed,” the notice stated.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off with NOAA's GOES-U weather satellite on June 25, 2024. ... and is based on the Falcon 9 rocket rated to ferry people into orbit.

The 2008 Tesla Roadster hitched a ride Feb. 6, 2018 on a Falcon Heavy launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the historic launch pad 39A – the site of the space agency's Apollo moon ...