Satellite signatures of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-6 launch
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/03/sx_b08-20230302_053625.png)
GOES-16 images from all 16 ABI spectral bands [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
GOES-16 images from ABI spectral bands 07-09 along with the Night Plume RGB (below) later displayed a thermal signature of the Falcon 9 Stage 1 entry burn at 0541 UTC well off the coast of South Carolina, which slowed its rate of descent back toward the surface (for a recovery landing on an offshore drone ship).
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/03/eb_b09-20230302_054155.png)
GOES-16 images from ABI spectral bands 07-09 along with the Night Plume RGB [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
![](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2023/03/eb_16p-20230302_054155.png)
GOES-16 16-panel images showing the Falcon 9 Stage 1 entry burn at 0541 UTC [click to play animated GIF | MP4]