GOES-U Launch

[Ben Holcomb]

Had an opportunity to head to Florida this week for the GOES-U launch atop the Falcon Heavy rocket. Last of the GOES-R series satellites (4 of them, 1 of them had issues, 1 backup, 2 operational) to be launched. The impact of the 1 minute update mesoscale sectors has been enormous from tropical to convective severe weather to other stuff I'm sure I don't care about like snow and fires.

Anyway, I viewed the launch from the Banana river bridge on FL-528 from the Cape. I was 14 miles from the launch and 7 from the landing. Watching a unison dual Falcon9 booster landing was a sight that each and every one of you should experience for yourself! I still don't believe my eyes.

 

[Bobby Little]

Ben It looks to be non crowded from one pic. Was that the case? I went down for the 1st Artismis heavy launch last Aug. and after a week of two non-launches had to leave without one. It was crowded everywhere. I would like to experience a bucket list heavy like you did.

 

[Ben Holcomb]

Was not too bad. We were at our viewing site about 3 hours in advance. It didn't really fill up until an hour before. Got real busy right at launch time of course. It may have helped it was miserably hot and humid out. This photo was taken 1 hour prior to launch

 

[Jeff Wright]

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Photo Feature: Falcon Heavy Completes Picture-Perfect GOES-U Launch - AmericaSpace

SpaceX's mammoth Falcon Heavy booster put on a spectacular show as it carried the GOES-U weather satellite to orbit. This article features a collection of photos and videos from the launch, captured by AmericaSpace's photojournalism team.

www.americaspace.com

 

[Ben Holcomb]

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