Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
GOES-R - In-Depth Tech Info: spaceflight101.com/goes-r
A planned twilight liftoff of ULA’s Atlas V carrying the GOES-R weather satellite turned into a night launch on Saturday when the rocket was forced to stay on the ground until the very last second of the day’s launch window.
Lighting up the skies over Florida’s Cape Canaveral, Atlas V swung to the south-east and traversed half the globe over a three-and-a-half-hour mission, in the process firing its upper stage three times to successfully send the GOES-R craft on its way.
GOES-R - In-Depth Tech Info: spaceflight101.com/goes-r
A planned twilight liftoff of ULA’s Atlas V carrying the GOES-R weather satellite turned into a night launch on Saturday when the rocket was forced to stay on the ground until the very last second of the day’s launch window.
Lighting up the skies over Florida’s Cape Canaveral, Atlas V swung to the south-east and traversed half the globe over a three-and-a-half-hour mission, in the process firing its upper stage three times to successfully send the GOES-R craft on its way.
