GOES-16 #SATELLITE SEES #ARTEMIS #LAUNCH: NOAA's GOES-16 #weather satellite is stationed almost directly above #Florida, so naturally it saw the launch of NASA's Artemis moon rocket on Nov. 16th. Infra-red sensors recorded the rocket's hot plume cutting through the atmosphere as it left Earth:

Thanks to Spaceweather.com reader Jim Ruebush for alerting us to these GOES-16 data!

This is a "Band 8" movie. Band 8 is an infrared channel at 6.19 microns tuned to the thermal glow of water vapor in clouds. It works well for rockets, too.

The Artemis rocket successfully propelled NASA's #Orion #spacecraft toward the #Moon. It'll be back in about 25 days after orbiting the Moon and safety-testing onboard systems for future astronauts