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GOES U

completedLaunch 2024-119
Launched 6/25/2024HEOService CXSat GTO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
GOES 19
active
Earth Observation
GEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
6/25/2024
Launch ID
2024-119
Launch Profile
Sat GTO O
Service Type
CX
Customer Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
SpaceX
Launch Vehicle
Falcon Heavy
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Earth Observation 1
Track
Mentions
38
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

B1072 was kept in storage for GOES-U after the Psyche mission was delayed.

PlanValue 3.4Apr 27, 2026Falcon Heavy's PY (left) booster is B1075-22, and the MY (right) booster is B1072-2. Both were built as side boosters for Psyche, as B1064 and B1065 were assigned to USSF-44 back then. When Psyche delayed, B1075 was converted to Falcon 9 and B1072 was kept in storage for GOES-U.

B1072-2 was kept in storage for GOES-U after Psyche was delayed.

PlanValue 3.5Apr 27, 2026Encapsulated inside of the payload fairing is the ViaSat-3 F3 GEO communications satellite. Built by Boeing, the satellite weighs ~6,400kg, and has a massive unfurlable antenna. The satellite has a designed capacity of 1 Tbps, and will service the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

Falcon Heavy Side Booster B1072 last flew on the GOES-U mission two years ago.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Apr 11, 2026Falcon Heavy Side Booster B1072-2 has been rolled out to LC-39A! B1072 last flew 2 years ago on the GOES-U mission, and will now likely be reflown on the upcoming ViaSat-3 F3 mission, which is set to launch at the end of the month. 📸

L3Harris Technologies’ Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is set to launch on 2024-06-25 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida onboard NOAA’s GOES-U satellite.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 21, 2024NOAA’s Weather + Environmental Monitoring Satellite readies for launch with L3Harris Advanced Imager onboard

GOES-U will provide the groundwork for future Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) imager programs.

PlanValue 2.5Jun 21, 2024NOAA’s Weather + Environmental Monitoring Satellite readies for launch with L3Harris Advanced Imager onboard

The launch of GOES-U is scheduled for 2024-06-25, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 19, 2024Lockheed Martin to develop next generation weather satellite constellation

GOES-U is the fourth and final satellite in the GOES-R series and is scheduled to launch 2024-06-25 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

PlanValue 4.2Jun 18, 2024Lockheed Martin wins contract to build U.S. geostationary weather satellites

NOAA’s GOES-U, scheduled to launch on 2024-06-25, is the fourth and final satellite in NOAA’s advanced geostationary satellite series and carries the Naval Research Laboratory’s Compact Coronagraph.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.6May 22, 2024How Artemis astronauts will be protected from solar storms

NOAA and SpaceX set the launch date for GOES-U as 2024-06-25 to place the satellite into geostationary orbit.

PlanValue 4.5Mar 28, 2024NOAA and SpaceX’s GOES-U weather satellite launch June 25 after leak causes delay

Once in geostationary orbit, GOES-U will be renamed GOES-19.

PlanValue 3.0Mar 28, 2024NOAA and SpaceX’s GOES-U weather satellite launch June 25 after leak causes delay

NOAA plans to place GOES-19 into service as GOES East after GOES-U completes on-orbit checkout, replacing GOES-16.

PlanGrowthValue 4.3Jan 24, 2024Lockheed Martin sends NOAA’s newest weather satellite to Florida for launch preparations

The Compact Coronagraph is an instrument on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite‑R series GOES‑U satellite scheduled to launch in April on a Falcon Heavy rocket.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2Oct 14, 2023In wake of eclipse, NOAA prepares for enhanced solar observations

Falcon Heavy is under contract to launch the GOES-U weather satellite in 2024.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.5Oct 13, 2023Psyche marks start of NASA use of Falcon Heavy

NOAA requested $276,000,000 for the GOES-R program in fiscal year 2024 as GOES-U is prepared for launch in April 2024.

FinancialPlanValue 4.0Apr 6, 2023NOAA seeks funding increases for next-generation satellite programs

GOES-U, the final satellite in the GOES-R series of advanced geostationary weather sensors, is slated to launch in 2024 and features L3Harris’ fourth ABI.

PlanCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.5Jan 10, 2023NOAA declares GOES-18 operational ahead of schedule

The GOES-R Series Program includes GOES-R (GOES-16, launched in 2016), GOES-S (GOES-17, launched in 2018), GOES-T (GOES-18), and GOES-U which is scheduled to launch in 2024.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Jan 5, 2023NOAA’s GOES-18 now GOES West and fully operational with L3Harris’ Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) aboard

A September 2021 contract for the Falcon Heavy launch of the GOES-U weather satellite in 2024 is worth $152,500,000.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 5.0Jul 19, 2022NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch Roman Space Telescope

GOES-U is slated to launch in 2024 and will complete the GOES-R series of advanced geostationary weather sensors.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 12, 2022L3Harris High-Resolution Weather Imager Captures First Image From Space

L3Harris delivered its fourth Advanced Baseline Imager to NASA in late 2021 for integration into GOES-U.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 12, 2022L3Harris High-Resolution Weather Imager Captures First Image From Space

GOES-U, the fourth satellite in the GOES-R series, is scheduled to launch in 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.6Mar 1, 2022Atlas 5 launches GOES-T weather satellite
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