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.

It flew 96 operational missions in 2023 and 134 in 2024, which includes Falcon Heavy missions, although no Falcon Heavy mission have flown so far in 2025. Overall it was the 481st Falcon 9 launch ...

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 ...