Update: June 25, 6:00 p.m.
ET: SpaceXs Falcon Heavy successfully blasted off shortly before 5:30 p.m. Its the first launch for Falcon Heavy this year and its tenth launch overall.
The launch will be broadcast live on NASAswebsiteand the space agencysYouTube Channel.
A pair of Falcon Heavy side boosters returning for a landing during the rocket’s inaugural flight in 2018.Photo: SpaceX
you’ve got the option to also tune in through the feed below.
Coverage is set to begin at 4:15 p.m. Its also mapping lightning activity in real-time and monitoring solar activity and space weather.
The constellation serves a dual purpose: it monitors weather conditions on Earth as well as in space.
The GOES-U satellite being transported from the Astrotech Space Operations facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Photo: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Falcon Heavy will be flying with three brand new boosters, according toNASA Spaceflight.
The core stage will not be recovered.
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