NOAA-A
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:51:59
Wednesday June 27, 1979
Mission Details
NOAA-6
NOAA-6, designated NOAA-A before launch, was a weather satellite operated by NOAA as part of its National Operational Environmental Satellite System.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
723 kilograms
Rocket
Launch Site
Stats
Atlas-Star
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1979
1979
58th
Orbital launch attempt