Lockheed MartinAtlas IIALaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
GOES 11
Launched
May 3, 2000
Image: Department of Defense
Summary
GOES 11 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA from Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 3, 2000. It was Lockheed Martin's 49th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,391st orbital launch attempt. It was the 18th Atlas IIA flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). GOES 11, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 467 × 43,136 km orbit inclined 20.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIA · Lockheed MartinGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 18th Atlas IIA flight · 2nd this yearLockheed Martin's 49th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,391st orbital launch attempt24th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
GOES 11 · NORAD 26352 · 2000-022 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- GOES 11
- Object ID
- 2000-022A
- Epoch
- 2000-05-03 01:09:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.83597426 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.757283
- Inclination
- 19.9744°
- Ascending node
- 136.8855°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.8469°
- Mean anomaly
- 185.8515°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- GOES 11 · NORAD 26352 · in orbit
Centaur AC-137 · re-entered November 7, 2013
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
American meteorological satellite.
Pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
58th launch from Launch Complex 36A, 2nd this year · 576th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
71 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
103 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did GOES 11 launch?
GOES 11 launched on May 3, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch GOES 11?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched GOES 11?
Atlas IIA, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIA spec sheet
Where did GOES 11 launch from?
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did GOES 11 reach?
GOES 11, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 467 × 43,136 km orbit inclined 20.0°.
How many satellites did GOES 11 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is GOES 11 part of?
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. About Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite