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Atlas IIA | GOES 12

Name: Atlas IIA | GOES 12
Start: 2001-07-23T07:23:01.000Z
End: 2001-07-23T07:23:01.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

July 23, 2001 at 7:23 AM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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July 23, 2001 at 7:23 AM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4706, -80.5422

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Rocket: Atlas IIA
Launch site: Launch Complex 36A
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: July 23, 2001 at 7:23 AM UTC
Window closes: July 23, 2001 at 7:23 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:40 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Atlas IIA

Atlas · IIA

Height

47.54 m

Diameter

3.04 m

LEO capacity

6,580 kg

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Launch complex

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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