GOES-U will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s weather, oceans, and environment, as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity and improved monitoring of solar activity and space weather.

Window opens on June 25th at 5:16PM EDT (21:16 UTC) and lasts for 2 hours)

Mission: Falcon Heavy launch of NOAA's GOES-U
Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.
Target orbit: High Perigee Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
Boosters: B1072-1 and B1086-1 as side boosters, B1087 as center core.
Booster histories: All three boosters are brand-new.
Booster recovery: Side boosters will land at SpaceX's Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2. Center core will be expended.
Fairing recovery: Doug
Rocket trajectory: Straight East out of the Cape
Payload mass: About 5 tonnes
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX's 67th launch of the year and the 10th launch of the month.
· 330th Falcon orbital launch since Amos 6.
· Falcon Heavy's 10th flight.
· SpaceX's 85th launch from LC-39A
· 41st landing on LZ-1 out of 42 attempts.
· 11th landing on LZ-2 out of 11 attempts
· 249th and 250th successful landing since the last failed one.


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