{"id":21668,"date":"2024-06-28T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-falcon-heavy-what-goes-up-also-goes-down\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T15:06:00","slug":"spacex-falcon-heavy-what-goes-up-also-goes-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-falcon-heavy-what-goes-up-also-goes-down\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Falcon Heavy: What GOES Up, also GOES Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX launched its first Falcon Heavy of 2024 Tuesday afternoon on a spectacular clear day for all to see. On top was NOAA\u2019s final GOES-R series of weather satellites, GOES-U (here\u2019s an explainer on the names).<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been six months since SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket. In that same time the company has launched over 60 Falcon 9 and two Starship rockets. However the Falcon Heavy can still pull in a crowd, especially when it features double RTLS landings.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s launch was the second Falcon Heavy used by NASA\u2019s Launch Services Program, the part of the agency that assigns missions to rockets based on capabilities. On top of it was GOES-U, a GOES-R class weather satellite that will be replacing the class namesake satellite, currently known as GOES-16.<\/p>\n

The satellite will sit in geosynchronous orbit over the eastern coast of the US and Atlantic Ocean, monitoring weather events from Canada down to South America and as far east as the coast of Africa. In a few weeks time, the satellite will enter its final orbit and be renamed from GOES-U to GOES-19.<\/p>\n

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