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Approximately two and a half minutes into the flight, the side boosters separated from the center core to return to Earth in a synchronised landing...
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched NASA's GOES-U weather satellite on June 25, 2024, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A..
The mission culminated in a spectacular dual booster landing, captured on video and witnessed by spectators both on-site and around the world...
As the center core continued to propel the GOES-U satellite towards its intended orbit, the two side boosters began their choreographed descent back to Earth...
The GOES-U satellite, the final in NOAA's GOES-R series, will provide advanced weather monitoring capabilities, including improved imagery of Earth's weather, oceans, and environment, as well as enhanced solar activity and space weather observations...
