What Happened: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U mission to a geostationary orbit from Florida on Tuesday at 5:26 p.m. ET.

GOES-U is set to liftoff Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center. Here's what to know about this latest NOAA satellite.

Announcer: Six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. In position. Narrator: Remember the Falcon Heavy? SpaceX's megarocket that fired a Tesla up into space in 2018 and its first commercial satellite ...

The launch will mark Falcon 9’s fiftieth flight – excluding the Falcon Heavy vehicle which made its maiden flight last month. A partially-reusable two-stage rocket, Falcon 9 first flew in June ...

Administrator Bridenstine didn’t specifically mention which commercial vehicle they were looking at during his Congressional testimony, but as the Falcon Heavy has the highest payload capacity ...