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

NOAA's GOES East 🛰️ captured this morning’s launch of NOAA’s SWFO-L1 satellite on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket! This water vapor imagery shows the rocket streaking through the atmosphere after liftoff from NASA Kennedy in Florida at 7:30 a.m. ET. | NOAA Satellite and Information Service

National Hurricane Center Director Dr. Michael Brennan provides a LIVE update on the tropics. The Atlantic hurricane season continues until November 30. Follow us on social media to get the latest updates! Stay tuned for posts during tropical events and LIVE updates on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. Facebook & YouTube - @ NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center Instagram - @ nwsnhc_hurricanes X - @ NWSNHC For more detailed forecasts and text updates, visit Hurricanes.gov. *************************

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