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Atlas IIA | GOES 12
Lockheed Martin · Atlas IIA · Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Lockheed Martin's 56th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 4,483rd orbital launch attempt
July 23, 2001Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 23, 07:23 – Jul 23, 07:23 UTC
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GOES 12
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.
Planetary Science · Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit (Super-GTO)
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