![Looking down a runway, we see clouds of vapor billowing outward as a rocket takes off. A black tower structure called the gantry is on the left of the rocket's flames, and further in the distance on the right is a white water tower.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ksc-20240625-ph-spx01-0009orig.jpg)
NOAA’s GOES-U Satellite Launches
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The GOES-U satellite is the final satellite in the GOES-R series, which serves a critical role in providing continuous coverage of the Western Hemisphere, including monitoring tropical systems in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
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TakenJune 25, 2024
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