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GOES 12
Atlas IIA · Planetary Science
2001Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Orbit
- Super-GTO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2