Launch_and_explosion_of_Starship_Integrated_Flight_Test_captured_by_GOES-16_(unannotated).jpg

Summary

Description
English: GOES-16 satellite image of South Texas, taken at the time of SpaceX's Starship test flight. Visible in this GeoColor image taken by the satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager is the launch vehicle's condensation trail off the southern tip of Texas, the condensation trail's shadow, and a green feature indicating where the satellite's Geostationary Lightning Mapper instrument detected Starship's self-destruction (or Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly).
Date Taken on 20 April 2023, 13:41
Source https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/wfo.php?wfo=bro ( image link ; archive ); see also https://twitter.com/NWS/status/1649063182886146049 for explanation.
Author NOAA/GOES-16

Licensing

Public domain
This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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