SpaceX Falcon Heavy's 1st Launch 2024 is more important than you think!

if the Starship launch earlier this month ignited your passion for spectacular and advanced rocket launches you're in luck because later this month we'll witness an amazing performance from the world's second most powerful rocket only behind Starship the Falcon heavy so how important is this rocket launch let's find out in today's episode of alphatech the Falcon heavy launch marks its 10th launch overall and the first one of 2024 with a total of three Falcon heavy launches planned for this year although the rocket isn't launched frequently each Falcon heavy Mission takes on crucial tasks not only for NASA but for the entire world the launch is scheduled to take off on June 25th at 516 p.m. eastern time this Mission will deploy the fourth satellite in Noah advaned goar series designed to provide enhanced weather data and solar observations NASA awarded SpaceX a contract worth $1 152.5 million to launch the mission in 2021 the preparations for this Mission follow a meticulous timeline to ensure the rocket satellite successful deployment the satellite will be placed to top the Falcon heavy rocket on June 13th a critical step that involves securing the satellite for the upcoming launch following this the rocket will be moved to launch complex 39a at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on June 14th where it'll undergo further preparations the final encapsulation of this satellite with Falcon heavy will take place on June 22nd during this phase Engineers will conduct thorough checks to confirm that all systems are operational and ready for launch on June 23rd the encapsulated assembly a roll out to the Launchpad positioning It For The Final Countdown to launch honestly this is an extremely important mission that NASA has entrusted to spacex's heavy lift Falcon heavy rocket the payload Noah gozu satellite promises to be the most advanced product in the goar series this first launch of the series was in 2016 followed by go s and goost t in 2018 and 2022 respectively however compared to its three predecessors in the series goes you will be the shining star in the constellation not only will would have all the bells and whistles like its siblings featuring instruments that provide state-of-the-art Advanced imagery taking atmospheric measurements of Earth's ocean weather and environment as well as real-time mapping of total lightning activity but goou will also have improvements to each component based on what adjustments Noah found were needed from the earlier Trio Noah wants the best possible spacecraft incorporating all the upgrades and Lessons Learned From the development and operation of the first three spacecraft our team Incorporated all the design process improvements derived from the first three build to make this the best go satellite John Dy goar flight project manager at NASA's GED space flight center said goes you will include a brand new compact coronograph CCO tool to help with the space weather forecast the CCO art instrument has been a full participant in the rigorous testing of G satellite cc is ready to become the first operational coronograph in a geosynchronous orbit and produce spectacular images of our sons Corona on a continual basis daily added the CCO our instrument will help scientists understand and improve forecasting even more for space of weather events as we experienced with the historic geomagnetic scale 5 level storm G5 that caused quite the Aurora Show Mother's Day weekend it will also be a huge update from the aging alasco coronograph on the NASA European Space Agency Soho solo and heliospheric Observatory spacecraft which launched in 1995 and provided an even clearer picture taking measurements of the sun's outer atmosphere of the corona it does this by blocking the disc of the sun creating a total solar eclipse every 30 minutes that allows us to observe large explosions on the sun coronal mass ejections that can hurl billions of tons of matter at millions of miles per hour towards Earth elased talat director of office of space weather observations at Nest dis said these types of observations are key to our long range forecast in space weather so they give us 1 to four days worth of warning before they reach Earth here and cause geomagnetic storms and potential impacts on human life and critical Technologies T lot added it's going to replace our aging research infrastructure that can take up to 8 hours for us to get those measurements now we'll have them all the time after go U launches and begins its orbit it'll change destinations To Go's 19 and undergo a cross check of all its systems instruments and data after it's deemed ready to operate which if all goes well could be as early as April of next year it'll take place of goar now known as goes east and begin watching over a big portion of the Western Hemisphere with its new and improved changes due to the immense benefits this satellite brings to earth science all of us are eager to expedite this launch however no path is without obstacles the mission faced a delay of about 2 months until the official launch date was set for June in fact the Falcon heavy launch carrying goes use satellite was planned for April however due to some issues that occurred after periodic testing of the Rocket Center core booster at spacex's Rocket testing and development facility in McGregor the launch had to be postponed all three cores for the goou miss are brand new each new Falcon 9 or Falcon heavy core side booster are brought to McGregor to undergo a full testing cycle culminating in a complete static fire test after completing these tests the Rockets transported to Florida or California for the launch campaign while SpaceX used to conduct static fire tests before every launch previously in recent years with their proven flight proven Rockets only high-profile launches like crude missions or critical government satellite missions go through the static fire test the goou mission qualifies as it's both an important asset and utilizes three brand new Falcon cores this necessitates SpaceX performing a brief static fire test on pad 39a prior to launch ultimately the three current Falcon cores assigned to goou are core 1087 in the center Expendable position the side boosters 1072 and 1086 booster 1072 has also gone through two rounds of testing in McGregor after facing its own issues while the center core will be expended the two side boosters will enter for landing at lz1 and lz2 to to be reused on future missions this is going to be a spectacular show of Falcon heavy for us are you excited for the first Falcon heavy launch of the year please reply in the comments to let us know your answer by the way if you like this video please like And subscribe to our channel to motivate us to keep working back to the story of Falcon heavy we might wonder why it's been quite a while since we last saw the rocket land all three booster cores which only happened once in 2019 honestly SpaceX probably won't do this again due to its complexity and risk the key to achieving orbit lies not in attaining a particular altitude but in reaching a specific velocity low earth orbit requires traveling at an astonishing speed of approximately 7 to 8 km a second which translates to over 15,000 mph the reason for reaching altitudes above 1,000 kilm is to escape the atmospheric drag as sustaining such extreme velocities within the atmosphere would have catastrophic consequences while Rockets initially launch vertically they quickly transition to an almost horizontal trajectory as they continue accelerating to higher and higher speeds in the case of the Falcon heavy the three boosters do not operate at the same thrust level the outer boosters generate maximum power burning through their fuel as rapidly as possible allowing them to detach early in contrast the center booster operates at appr approximately 75% of its maximum thrust enabling it to sustain its burn for a more extended period this strategic approach results in the side boosters detaching while traveling at lower speeds and having covered a shorter distance from the launch site consequently they can execute a maneuver known as a boost back burn allowing them to loop back and land near their launch site achieving an impressive double Landing however the center core detaches approximately 1 minute later by which time it has attained significantly higher velocities and traveled a much greater distance from the launch site for the center core to return to its launch site would require an excessive amount of fuel making it impractical instead the center core's only feasible option is to land on a remote ocean platform in fact out of all the Falcon heavy launches it is only successfully landed the center core once this proves that Landing the center core is always a greater challenge compared to the side boosters even if they attempt to land the center core in the future it may not be the best option and that's it for today's episode thanks so much for watching and I'll see you next time

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Length: 8min 23sec (503 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 19 2024