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Engine Chill Complete, Countdown to GOES-U Mission Launch Continues – GOES Missions [1]

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Date: 2024-06-25  

Countdown to the 5:26 p.m. EDT liftoff of the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida continues as planned.

Moments ago, the “engine chill” process of conditioning the 27 main Merlin engines on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket got underway.

This conditioning process helps the engines avoid cold shock when the super-chilled liquid oxygen flows during launch.

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[1] Url: https://blogs.nasa.gov/goes/2024/06/25/engine-chill-begins-countdown-to-goes-u-mission-launch-continues/

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