The first SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of the year managed to lift off from Kennedy Space Center carrying the GOES-U weather satellite for the NOAA.

The powerhouse rocket took off from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A at 5:26 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 carrying the fourth in a series of satellites that look at the Earth from 22,000 miles altitude tracking the tropics and other severe weather in the Western Hemisphere.

The launch was the 10th ever for Falcon Heavy, which first flew in 2018. The three boosters combine to produce 5.1 million pounds of thrust on liftoff, the most powerful commercial active rocket available.