NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

NOAA-J

Launch Time
Fri Dec 30, 1994 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-J

NOAA-14 (or NOAA-J) was a U.S. weather satellite operated by the NOAA. NOAA-14 continued the third-generation operational, Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) series operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the NOAA. NOAA-12 continued the series of Advanced TIROS-N.

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

Location

SLC-3W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

1994

93rd orbital launch attempt

Atlas-Star

19th mission
2nd mission of 1994
17th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission