Here's what happened when Boeing Starliner reached the ISS, narrowly averting crisis The Sunday launches come just ahead of another highly anticipated launch for SpaceX — which is slated to carry a powerful new meteorological satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, called GOES-U, into orbit Tuesday atop a Heavy Falcon. GOES-U (which stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) will enable earlier oceanic storm detection and give weather broadcasters more time for public warnings ahead of hurricanes. GOES-U is currently planned to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. However, as reported by Florida Today, the Space Force 45th Weather Squadron has predicted only a 30% chance of launch-favorable conditions during the two-hour window starting at 5:16 p.m. EDT. SpaceX reportedly now has more than 6,100 operational Starlink satellites in its network. As reported by ABC news affiliate WLOS on Sunday, debris from SpaceX aircraft have been falling into the homes and yards of North Carolina residents, some of which have been too large to be removed by hand. NASA officials advised anyone who finds space debris on their property not to handle or retrieve it — but to contact the SpaceX Debris Hotline at 1-866-623-0234. Read more