• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

GOES-U Launch

Ben Holcomb

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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.

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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.
 
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