GOES-16 images from all 16 ABI spectral bands [click to play animation | MP4]
SpaceX and NASA launched the Crew-2 mission (to the International Space Station) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 0949 UTC or 5:49 am EDT on
23 April 2021 — and overlapping
Mesoscale Domain Sectors from GOES-16
(GOES-East) provided images at 30-second intervals
(above). Reflectance and/or thermal signatures of the Falcon-9 rocket booster were seen in 15 of the 16
ABI spectral bands (no signature was evident in Band 1 Visible imagery).
A closer view showed the faint reflectance signature in Band 2 Visible (0.64 µm) images immediately after launch (below) .
GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images [click to enlarge]
A Mesoscale Domain Sector from GOES-17
(GOES-West) provided images at 2-minute intervals — thermal signatures from Near-Infrared and Infrared spectral bands (bands 3-16) were seen at 0950 UTC
(below).
GOES-17 images from all 16 ABI spectral bands [click to play animation | MP4]
