SpaceX successfully launched the USSF-62 mission, deploying the Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) satellite for the US Space Force. The satellite, built by Ball Aerospace, aims to enhance space-based environmental monitoring, collect data on ocean winds, tropical cyclone intensity, and charged particles.
SpaceX Launches US Military Weather Monitoring Satellite Into Orbit The USSF-62 mission sent the first Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) satellite into low polar orbit to collect weather data. Another satellite has been ordered in what the military says is part of an… https://t.co/mIgLoVrA0A
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Visible radiance and/or thermal signatures of the #SpaceX #USSF62 Mission launch (carrying the new Weather System Follow-on Microwave instrument) were seen in all 16 of the #GOESWest #ABI spectral bands (plus a Rocket Plume RGB) via 1-minute imagery: https://t.co/5qaAtlu8TL #CAwx https://t.co/OTMVME2adF
LAUNCH at 1425 UTC Apr 11 of a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, placing the Space Force's WSF-M SV1 weather satellite in a 819 x 828 km x 98.7 deg sun-synch orbit with 06:00 local time orbital plane. The 1200 kg satellite was built by Ball Aerospace.
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Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) spacecraft is on a 3 year mission as the Space Force figures out what to do with the future of DSMP microwave imagery constellation. The long-running "satellite gap" debate continues. https://t.co/KdtPkm3Zfx https://t.co/5uXdtBDl7c
A SpaceX rocket launched from California and carried a U.S. Space Force weather satellite into low Earth orbit, military officials said. https://t.co/kxCMaZzpK9
Deployment of USSF-62’s Weather System Follow-on - Microwave Space Vehicle confirmed https://t.co/M9DX2A9XOW
Liftoff of USSF-62 – SpaceX’s 12th National Security Space Launch on a Falcon rocket https://t.co/PPryxZnOCE
F9/USSF-62: LIFTOFF! At 10:25am EDT (1425 UTC)
Two WSF-M satellites are planned to eventually replace older-generation Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) weather stations
F9/USSF-62: Space Force says the Ball Aerospace-built satellite is designed to fill in gaps in space-based environmental monitoring, using a passive microwave radiometer and other sensors to collect data on ocean winds, tropical cyclone intensity and charged particles in…
SpaceX set to launch rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County this morning; launch window opens at 7:25 a.m. https://t.co/Z5JQInEF4K
Clear skies and fair winds for this morning’s USSF-62 mission. All systems are looking good and weather is 95% favorable for a Falcon 9 launch of the U.S. Space Force’s newest weather space system → https://t.co/r32tdZovA6
It's April 11, 2024 at 09:00AM - Here's a look at the view from space. https://t.co/uMZ2ASH5Rv
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Falcon 9 rolled out to the pad and went vertical ahead of Thursday’s launch of USSF-62. Webcast begins ~15 min. ahead of liftoff → https://t.co/r32tdZovA6 https://t.co/oYpBh0p2we
🚀 ROCKET LAUNCH ALERT! 🚀 @SpaceX #Falcon9 @SpaceForceDoD WSF-M weather satellite mission Vandenberg SLC-4E Thursday, April 11, 2024 7:25 a.m. PDT NOTE: Morning launch - limited visibility from Los Angeles LOOK WEST! https://t.co/mV86ZsI6cN