{"id":30945,"date":"2018-12-03T23:59:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T23:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=30945"},"modified":"2021-12-27T16:35:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:35:02","slug":"spacex-launch-of-spaceflight-sso-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/30945","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX launch of Spaceflight SSO-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/12\/181203_goes17_waterVapor_nearInfrared_shortwaveInfrared_SpaceX_launch_landing_Vandenberg_CA_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/12\/181203_goes17_waterVapor_nearInfrared_shortwaveInfrared_SpaceX_launch_landing_Vandenberg_CA_anim.gif\" alt=\"GOES-17 Upper-level (6.2 \u00b5m), Mid-level (6.9 \u00b5m) and Low-level (7.3 \u00b5m) Water Vapor, plus Near-Infrared \" width=\"640\" height=\"571\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 Upper-level <em>(6.2 \u00b5m),<\/em> Mid-level <em>(6.9 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Low-level <em>(7.3 \u00b5m)<\/em> Water Vapor, plus Near-Infrared &#8220;Snow\/Ice&#8221; <em>(1.61 \u00b5m),<\/em> Near-Infrared &#8220;Cloud Particle Size&#8221; <em>(2.24 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Shortwave Infrared <em>(3.9 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational *<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/sites\/spacex\/files\/ssoa_press_kit.pdf\"><strong>Spaceflight SSO-A mission<\/strong><\/a> from Vandenberg Air Force Base (KVBG) in California at 1834 UTC on 03 December 2018. GOES-17 Upper-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band08.pdf\"><strong>6.2 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Mid-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band09.pdf\"><strong>6.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Low-level (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band10.pdf\"><strong>7.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) Water Vapor images in addition to Near-Infrared &#8220;Snow\/Ice&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band05.pdf\"><strong>1.61 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Near-Infrared &#8220;Cloud Particle Size&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band06.pdf\"><strong>2.24 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and Shortwave Infrared (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band07.pdf\"><strong>3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed the hot thermal signature of superheated air from the booster rocket engines, along with a brief cold thermal signature of the booster engine condensation cloud on Water Vapor images. A second hot thermal signature was seen over the adjacent waters of the Pacific Ocean at 1840 UTC as the first stage rocket fired its entry burn to land on a drone ship. Since a GOES-17 <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/23225\"><strong>Mesoscale Domain Sector<\/strong><\/a> was positioned over that region, images were available at 1-minute intervals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* GOES-17 images shown here are preliminary and non-operational * SpaceX launched a Spaceflight SSO-A mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base (KVBG) in California at 1834 UTC on 03 December 2018. 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