MISSION NAME
NOAA 12 12
Status
Success
DATE
14 MAY 1991
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 3W
Description
Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite
SM-65E Atlas
Rocket Description
The SM-65E Atlas, or Atlas-E, was an operational variant of the Atlas missile. It first flew on 11 October 1960, and was deployed as an operational ICBM from September 1961 until April 1966. Following retirement as an ICBM, the Atlas-E, along with the Atlas-F, was refurbished for orbital launches as the Atlas E/F.