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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:51:00
Saturday June 27, 2009
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GOES 14, known as GOES-O prior to reaching its operational orbit, is an American weather satellite, which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. The spacecraft was built by Boeing and is based on the BSS-601 bus. It is the second of three GOES satellites to use the BSS-601 bus, after GOES 13, which was launched in May 2006.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,133 kilograms
Agency
ULAPrice
$164.00 million
Rocket
Height: 62.5m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 10,440 kg
GTO: 6,390 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,895 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4m
Height: 11.75m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
7th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2009
29th
Mission
8th
Mission of 2009
35th
Orbital launch attempt