USAF SM-65E Atlas NOAA 8

Name: USAF SM-65E Atlas NOAA 8
Start: 1983-03-28T15:52:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 3W

SM-65E Atlas

Status

Success

Date

28 MAR 1983

15:52

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 3W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Overview

Fourth generation NOAA meteorological satellite

Rocket

SM-65E Atlas

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.