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 |
|---|---|
| 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
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| 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.
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22 Comments
feast@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
After not watching Falcon 9 launches for a while and only paying attention to Starship development, it's weird to look at this livecast and think that Falcon Heavy looks kind of small
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
Haha, yeah. Just the Super Heavy booster is about the same height as an entire Falcon full stack. The wide shot of 39-A with both the Falcon and Starship towers in view really puts the scale in perspective.
Morphit@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 2y
Starship is about 80% the width of Falcon Heavy - but all the way around and practically all the way up!
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
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?
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Side booster landings confirmed!
Morphit@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 2y
RIP B1087.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
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RIP center core. You did your job well.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Launch weather is go. Booster fuel load complete, LOX load continues.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
NASA webcast is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4HH_fL7QVk
T-0 pushed by 10 minutes to 2024-06-25 21:26 UTC.
Weather has improved from
30% favourable to 60% favourable60% favourable to 70% favourable.threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Liftoff!
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
BECO and side booster separation!
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Mission Control Audio: "Max-Q."
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Mission Control Audio: "Stage 1, PY, NY, LOX load has started."
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
SpaceX and NASA have polled go for propellant load.
Mission Control Audio: "Falcon Heavy tanks are venting for the start of prop load."
Mission Control Audio: "Launch auto sequence has started."
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Nominal boostback burn of the side boosters, center core MECO, stage 2 separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation!
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Mission Control Audio: "Stage 1 LOX load complete."
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Mission Control Audio: "Stage 2 LOX load complete."
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
SECO, nominal orbital insertion.
SES-2 scheduled for T+26:19.
Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Stage 2 RP-1 load has started.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
NASA webcast is back for the final burn and deployment.
Edit: SES-3.
Edit2: SECO-3 and norminal orbit insertion.
Edit3: GOES-U separation confirmed!
Edit4: NASA webcast concluded.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2y
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1805329579755946315
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1805490612831142168