NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

NOAA-I

Launch Time
Mon Aug 09, 1993 10:02 UTC

Rocket

Atlas-E/F Star-37S-ISS
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0

Mission Details

NOAA-I

NOAA-13, also known as NOAA-I, was a U.S. weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-I continues the third-generation operational, polar-orbiting, meteorological satellite series operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the NOAA.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,420.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-3W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1993

53rd orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Star

17th mission
1st mission of 1993
15th successful mission
13th consecutive successful mission