Overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors provided 30-second imagery from GOES-19 (GOES-East) to support the launch of Artemis II — and Rocket Plume RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) displayed both the initial hot thermal signature of the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage rocket booster near the Kennedy Space Center launch site (brighter red pixels: 2235 UTC) in... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Near-Infrared “Snow Ice” images along with Radar Reflectivity images (above) showed a band of clouds producing precipitation that was moving southward across the North Dakota/Minnesota border region on 27 February 2026. Moderate to heavy snow produced by this feature — along with blowing snow created by strong... Read More
5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images created using Geo2Grid (above) showed aircraft glaciation trails drifting east-southeastward over southern Lake Michigan on 25 February 2026. As aircraft ascended/descended through a thin cloud layer composed of supercooled water droplets, additional cooling from wake turbulence (reference) — and/or particles from jet engine exhaust... Read More
The NASA/SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to the International Space Station was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1015 UTC on 13 February 2026 — and overlapping 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sectors from GOES-19 (GOES-East) provided 30-second images from all 16 ABI spectral bands (above). Since this was a nighttime launch, varying shades of white... Read More
