Atlas IIA | GOES 12

Name: Atlas IIA | GOES 12
Start: 2001-07-23T07:23:01Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: July 23, 2001 at 07:23 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Atlas IIA
Operator: Lockheed Martin
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Planetary Science