NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

GOES-M

Launch Time
Mon Jul 23, 2001 07:23 UTC

Rocket

Atlas IIA
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
Lockheed
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 2,479 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,316 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,180 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 47.5 m

Mission Details

GOES-M

GOES-12, known as GOES-M before becoming operational, is an American weather satellite, which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,279.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2001

31st orbital launch attempt

Atlas II

53rd mission
2nd mission of 2001
53rd successful mission