Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

10:02:00

Friday December 30, 1994

Mission Details

NOAA-J

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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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

1,420 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas-E/F Star-37S-ISS

Active 1978 to 1995


Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-3W

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

17 days 21 hours

Stats

Atlas-Star


19th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1994

1994


93rd

Orbital launch attempt