NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On - Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) mission, along with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) and the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory are set to launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center together aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:30 a.m. EDT TODAY! All three missions will be heading to Lagrange Point 1, a stable orbit between the Earth and sun, about one million miles away. SWFO-L1 is NOAA’s first satellite designed specifically for and full

As the sun rises across the Lower 48, NOAA's GOES East 🛰️ is monitoring the central High Plains for a Slight Risk of Severe Thunderstorms today. A slow-moving coastal storm has also prompted Flood Watches and Coastal Flood Warnings for parts of the Mid-Atlantic. #GOES19 | NOAA Satellite and Information Service

NOAA’s SWFO-L1 satellite 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://www.noaa.gov/SWFOL1 #SWFOMission #LetsGoSWFO | NOAA Satellite and Information Service