United States Air ForceSM-65E AtlasSpace Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
NOAA 14
Launched
December 30, 1994
Summary
NOAA 14 launched on an United States Air Force SM-65E Atlas from Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 30, 1994. It was United States Air Force's 948th launch, 14th this year and humanity's 3,961st orbital launch attempt. It was the 14th SM-65E Atlas flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). NOAA 14, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 855 × 868 km orbit inclined 98.9°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- SM-65E Atlas · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 14th SM-65E Atlas flight · 2nd this yearUnited States Air Force's 948th launch14th this yearhumanity's 3,961st orbital launch attempt93rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NOAA 14 · NORAD 23455 · 1994-089 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NOAA 14
- Object ID
- 1994-089A
- Epoch
- 1994-12-30 21:20:10 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.11496091 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008755
- Inclination
- 98.8861°
- Ascending node
- 303.8954°
- Arg. of perigee
- 314.2394°
- Mean anomaly
- 45.8013°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0.0079395
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
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 debris, 2 components; 2 still in orbit
- NOAA 14 · NORAD 23455 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
80th launch from Space Launch Complex 3W, 2nd this year · 562nd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
81 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
122 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did NOAA 14 launch?
NOAA 14 launched on December 30, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NOAA 14?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NOAA 14?
SM-65E Atlas, flown by United States Air Force. SM-65E Atlas spec sheet
Where did NOAA 14 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did NOAA 14 reach?
NOAA 14, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 855 × 868 km orbit inclined 98.9°.
How many satellites did NOAA 14 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).