{"id":43898,"date":"2021-12-21T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=43898"},"modified":"2022-12-09T23:43:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:43:39","slug":"goes-abi-and-rocket-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/43898","title":{"rendered":"GOES ABI and Rocket Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recent rocket launches as seen by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/satellites\">NOAA<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/goesdata.html\">GOES<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nwafiles.nwas.org\/jom\/articles\/2018\/2018-JOM4\/2018-JOM4.pdf\">ABI<\/a>. More on the multi-spectral &#8216;rocket plume&#8217; RGB: <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/06\/QuickGuide_Template_GOESRBanner_Rocket_Plume.pdf\">quick guide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/41335\">CIMSS Satellite Blog post<\/a>. Or this post on seeing the <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/42616\">Landsat launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 21, 2021<\/strong> <strong>from Kennedy Space Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay controls loop src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/12\/GOES-16_RadM2_plume_2021355_100500_2021355_101100.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Rocket plume RGB on December 21, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ICYMI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ICYMI<\/a>: This morning at 5:07am ET, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpaceX<\/a>&#39;s Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Launch Complex 39A to begin its journey to deliver cargo &amp; holiday treats to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Space_Station<\/a>.<br><br>Dragon will arrive tomorrow, Dec. 22 at ~4:30am ET. Coverage begins at 3am ET: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KGdMz6kWsn\">https:\/\/t.co\/KGdMz6kWsn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/trSWURke2J\">pic.twitter.com\/trSWURke2J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NASA&#39;s Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAKennedy\/status\/1473381977235537925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 19, 2021 <strong>from Kennedy Space Center<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-turksat-5b-launch-success\">Cape Canaveral<\/a>, but right on the edge of the meso-scale sector! (and as an <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/12\/GOES-16_RadM2_plume_2021353_035800_2021353_040200.gif\">animated gif<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/12\/GOES-16_RadM2_plume_2021353_035800_2021353_040200.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Rocket plume&#8221; RGB from December 19, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpaceX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpaceX<\/a> is targeting Saturday, December 18 for launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turksat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Turksat<\/a> 5B mission to geostationary transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 90-minute launch window opens at 10:58 p.m. EST, or 3:58 UTC on December 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OqlI6yvDy8\">pic.twitter.com\/OqlI6yvDy8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SpaceX Tracker (@spacextracker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spacextracker\/status\/1472283976089882624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 18, 2021 from Vandenberg<\/strong> <strong>Space Force Base<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A view from GOES-17 (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edhttps:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/12\/GOES-17_RadM1_plume_2021352_124000_2021352_125000.mp4\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/12\/GOES-17_RadM1_plume_2021352_124000_2021352_125000.gif\">animated <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edhttps:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/12\/GOES-17_RadM1_plume_2021352_124000_2021352_125000.mp4\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/12\/GOES-17_RadM1_plume_2021352_124000_2021352_125000.mp4\">gif<\/a>), note more striping due to increased instrument noise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/12\/GOES-17_RadM1_plume_2021352_124000_2021352_125000.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Rocket plume RGB on December 18, 2021. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did you see the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg SFB early this morning? Did you know that our geostationary satellites can &quot;see&quot; them too? Check it out, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOES17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOES17<\/a> picked up on an intense heat signature from its liftoff at 442am PST\/1242 UTC! ???? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rocket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rocket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nerdtweet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nerdtweet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GPdYkYSDZc\">pic.twitter.com\/GPdYkYSDZc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSLosAngeles\/status\/1472202145839468548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>H\/T<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOAA GOES-16 and -17 ABI data are via the University of Wisconsin-Madison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/\">SSEC Satellite Data Services<\/a>. These images were made using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/software\/geo2grid\/\">geo2grid software<\/a>, developed at the UW\/SSEC. More <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/goesdata.html\">GOES-16 and -17 imagery<\/a> and other information, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/sift.ssec.wisc.edu\/\">SIFT software<\/a> developed at UW\/SSEC to quickly test RGB changes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent rocket launches as seen by NOAA&#8216;s GOES ABI. More on the multi-spectral &#8216;rocket plume&#8217; RGB: quick guide and CIMSS Satellite Blog post. Or this post on seeing the Landsat launch. December 21, 2021 from Kennedy Space Center December 19, 2021 from Kennedy Space Center Also from Cape Canaveral, but right on the edge of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":43953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,132,74,80,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interpretation","category-geo2grid","category-goes-16","category-goes-17","category-rocket-signatures"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43898"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49148,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43898\/revisions\/49148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}