Atlas IIA | GOES 12
Launch information
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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites were developed by NASA-Goddard and were transferred to the NOAA weather agency when operational. In addition to the usual weather imager/sounder, GOES-M carried a new solar soft X-ray imager.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Atlas IIA | GOES 12’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: July 23, 2001, 7:23 a.m.
Timezone: America/New_York
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
GOES 12 (Super-GTO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
Lockheed Martin |
Rocket |
Atlas IIA |
Location |
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA |
Pad |
Launch Complex 36A |
Type |
Planetary Science |
Orbit |
Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit (Super-GTO) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
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Orbital Launch
#4473
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Location Launch
#593
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Pad Launch
#62
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Agency Launch
#56
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Orbital Launch
#31
Year 2001
Location Launch
#7
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Pad Launch
#1
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Agency Launch
#2
Year 2001
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