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Atlas IIA
Launched 2001-07-23 07:23:01 UTCLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
31st
orbital launch attempt in 2001
Lockheed Martin
2nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 36A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
229 d 4 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Launches
80
Successful
77
96%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
47.5m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
6,580kg
Liftoff thrust
2,479kN
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