Updated: June 26, 2024 at 9:03 AM
SpaceX, NASA launch weather satellite for NOAA (10 images)
By Wade Sheridan
SpaceX and NASA successfully launched the fourth and final advanced weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday. The GOES-U weather satellite will provide information on weather and environmental conditions.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 Heavy rocket launches the GOES-U weather satellite for the NOAA from NASA's Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 25, 2024. .Photo by Joe Marino/U
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The launch time was moved 10 minutes to accommodate for weather. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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The side boosters of a SpaceX Falcon 9 Heavy rocket return to Landing Zones 1 and 2. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
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