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SpaceX launch of the AX-1 Mission

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-16 images from all 16 ABI spectral bands [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) images from all 16 ABI spectral bands (above) displayed reflectance and/or thermal signatures of the SpaceX AX-1 Mission’s Falcon 9 rocket booster as it was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Center on the morning of 08 April 2022.

GOES-16 True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (below) showed the rocket booster condensation plume as it drifted eastward away from the launch site.

GOES-16 True Color RGB images [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

Categories: GOES-16, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Rocket signatures