Launch success with spacecraft solar arrays deployed.
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Historical mission record
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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) is the fourth of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites, known as the GOES-R series. The four satellites of the series provide advanced imaging with increased spatial resolution and faster coverage for more accurate forecasts, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity. Once GOES-U reaches orbit, it will be renamed GOES-19.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon Heavy
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
- Recovery
- Expended, Core booster B1087 was expended on its first flight.
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon Heavy
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 12.2 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 11
- First flight
- 2018-02-06
Core
B1087
Flight 1New
- Recovery
- Atlantic Ocean
- Landing method
- Expended
Strap-On Booster
B1072
Flight 1NewLanding successful
- Recovery
- Landing Zone 1
- Landing method
- Return to Launch Site
Strap-On Booster
B1086
Flight 1NewLanding successful
- Recovery
- Landing Zone 2
- Landing method
- Return to Launch Site
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
2h windowPublished target
WINDOW OPENS
WINDOW CLOSES
Target ·
The target marker shows its position within the published window. The schedule may change before launch.
Weather concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules, Surface Electric Fields Rule
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−00:53:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:50:00
Stage 1 Propellant Load
- T−00:45:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 2 Propellant Load
- T−00:18:30
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
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- T−00:00:59
Startup
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:20
Tank Press
- T−00:00:06
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:11
Max-Q
- T+00:02:25
SBECO
- T+00:02:28
Boosters Separation
- T+00:02:44
Boosters Boostback Burn Startup
- T+00:03:53
Boosters Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+00:03:56
MECO
- T+00:03:59
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:04:06
SES-1
- T+00:04:24
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:36
Boosters Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:51
Boosters Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:07:53
Boosters Landing Burn
- T+00:08:11
Boosters Landing
- T+00:08:23
SECO-1
- T+00:26:19
SES-2
- T+00:27:46
SECO-2
- T+04:21:18
SES-3
- T+04:21:51
SECO-3
- T+04:30:02
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site & orbit
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Coverage & sources
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