See Photos: SpaceX Rocket Launch in Florida Delivers MTG-S1 Weather Satellite for ESA
- At 5:04 p.m. ET on July 1, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the MTG-S1 weather satellite from Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A.
- The 45th Weather Squadron forecast only a 20% chance of favorable launch conditions due to threats from thunderstorms, cumulus and anvil clouds, and surface electric fields.
- The Copernicus Sentinel-4 UVN spectrometer onboard monitors trace gases hourly, tracking aerosols, formaldehyde, and nitrogen dioxide over Europe and North Africa.
- Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the droneship Just Read the Instructions, and MTG-S1 was deployed into geostationary orbit 36,000 km above Earth about 35 minutes later.
- Ultimately, MTG-S1's improved data will bolster Europe's weather forecasting and air quality monitoring, enhancing climate resilience across Europe and North Africa.
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