.@NOAA’s #SWFOL1 🛰️ is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, Sept. 23! 🚀

Its crown jewel is its compact coronagraph—its eye on the sun—which will allow SWFO-L1 to detect even the fastest coronal mass ejections right as they happen.

More about SWFO-L1: https://t.co/Kc0yYIw2rx
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.@NOAA’s #SWFOL1 🛰️ is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The #CountdownToLaunch is on!🚀

SWFO-L1 carries a suite of new instruments that measure solar wind speed, density, temperature, as well as magnetic field variations in real time to provide better forecasts of incoming #SpaceWeather than ever before.

More: https://t.co/dWHCnAi71t
#SWFOMission #LetsGoSWFO

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We're at T-minus 4 days and counting! 🚀

@NOAA's #SWFOL1 🛰️ is ready to improve #SpaceWeather forecasting!

Its magnetometer will track solar plasma heading toward Earth, helping forecast geomagnetic storms. Its location, at the end of a long boom, reduces interference from the spacecraft itself.

More about SWFO-L1: https://t.co/Kc0yYIw2rx
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On this first day of the #AutumnEquinox, the Compact Coronagraph-1 (#CCOR1) onboard @NOAA's #GOESEast 🛰️ captured both the moon and Earth while watching the sun.

@NOAA’s upcoming #SWFOL1 observatory will also carry a compact coronagraph called #CCOR2.

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As the sun rises over the U.S., @NOAA’s #GOESEast 🛰️ is focusing on the Southern Plains and Ozarks into the Mid-Mississippi Valley, where there is a #SlightRisk of #severe #thunderstorms as well as #Flooding from heavy rainfall.

Meanwhile, we're also closely watching @NASAKennedy in Florida, where #SWFOL1 is set to launch tomorrow morning 🚀 #LetsGoSWFO #GOES19

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Isn’t she a beauty? 😍🚀
@SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is on the launch pad @NASAKennedy!

@NOAA's #SWFOL1 is all tucked in with #IMAP and #Carruthers. We’re looking forward to a picture-perfect liftoff with our cosmic carpool!

Join us for the launch tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. ET. (Live coverage begins at 6:40 am EDT)

https://t.co/Kc0yYIw2rx
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🚀 Three Missions. One Rocket.

IMAP, SWFO-L1, and Carruthers are aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 and ready for liftoff at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A! Launch is targeted for 7:30 am EDT, tomorrow, Sept. 24.

https://t.co/3bLRRFdzvi https://t.co/QZL3IRkVTg - NASA's Kennedy Space Center

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T-minus 17 hours! 🚀

@NOAA’s #SWFOL1 🛰️ is scheduled to launch at 7:30 am EDT tomorrow, flying together with @NASA’s #IMAP and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory!

📺 Our live launch coverage will begin at 6:40 a.m. EDT here on X, Facebook, and https://t.co/Kc0yYIw2rx 🕣

#SWFOL1 #SWFOMission #LetsGoSWFO
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🚀 T-minus 1 hour to launch!

@NOAA’s #SWFOL1 satellite, along with @NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (#IMAP) and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, are preparing to lift off on a @SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from @NASAKennedy.

All three will journey toward the sun to advance our understanding of #SpaceWeather. #LetsGoSWFO!

📺 Live coverage will begin at 6:40 a.m. EDT here on X, Facebook, and https://t.co/w4mdwcXY3h

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Today’s @SpaceX launch from @NASAkennedy will send three missions toward the sun! 🚀☀️

Onboard:
🔸 @NOAA’s #SWFOL1
🔸 @NASA’s #IMAP
🔸 @NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory

Watch the launch live at 7:32 a.m. EDT.
#LetsGoSWFO!

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Today’s @SpaceX launch from @NASAkennedy will send three missions toward the sun! 🚀☀️

Onboard:
🔸 @NOAA’s #SWFOL1
🔸 @NASA’s #IMAP
🔸 @NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory

Watch the launch live at 7:30 a.m. EDT.
#LetsGoSWFO!

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Grab your coffee and tune into #SWFOL1 launch livestream in progress here on X -- from NASA's Kennedy Space Center!

Launch time scheduled for 7:30 a.m. EDT today, 9/24.

More at https://t.co/mJG3ygil0i via @NOAASatellites

Today’s @SpaceX launch from @NASAkennedy will send three missions toward the sun! 🚀☀️

Onboard:
🔸 @NOAA’s #SWFOL1
🔸 @NASA’s #IMAP
🔸 @NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory

Watch the launch live at 7:30 a.m. EDT.
#LetsGoSWFO!

https://t.co/mzqJZKY3RN https://t.co/j8RfDey9cF - NOAA Satellites

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We have LIFTOFF of @NOAA’s SWFO-L1 satellite, @NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (#IMAP) and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory!

More about SWFO-L1:
https://t.co/mzqJZKY3RN

#SWFOL1 #SWFOMission #LetsGoSWFO! https://t.co/ks0QDb48fs

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Just in: @NOAA’s SWFO-L1 observatory heads to orbit for groundbreaking mission

New #satellite will advance space weather forecasting

--> News release + launch video: https://t.co/58q5oEsVYS

@NOAASatellitePA #SWFOL1 #SpaceWeather

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Wait for it...
Approximately 1.5 hours after launch, @NOAA's #SWFOL1 🛰️ separated from its launch vehicle.

It has also been declared "power positive."

More about SWFO-L1:
https://t.co/mzqJZKXw2f https://t.co/UhBAbwy0Yt

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.@NOAA's #GOESEast 🛰️ captured this morning’s launch of @NOAA’s #SWFOL1 satellite on @SpaceX’s #Falcon9 rocket!

This water vapor imagery shows the rocket streaking through the atmosphere after liftoff from @NASAKennedy in Florida at 7:30 a.m. ET. https://t.co/6E2xfgFICz

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.@NOAA’s newest satellite, Space Weather Follow On – Lagrange 1 (#SWFOL1), has begun sending back preliminary data!
Its Suprathermal Ion Sensor (STIS) is now taking measurements of particles from the sun as the observatory makes its way to the Lagrange point 1 region. It is expected to arrive in Jan 2026.

Read more: https://t.co/uLQwCNWXOQ

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