Atlas IIA
SuccessGOES 12 · Lockheed Martin
Launch time (NET)
Monday, Jul 23, 2001, 07:23 UTC
Launch window
Monday, Jul 23, 2001, 07:23 UTC – Monday, Jul 23, 2001, 07:23 UTC
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Rocket
Launch pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Mission
GOES 12
Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit (Super-GTO)
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.
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