General Dynamics Atlas I GOES 8

Name: General Dynamics Atlas I GOES 8
Start: 1994-04-13T06:04:02.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36B

Atlas I

Status

Success

Date

13 APR 1994

06:04

Launch Provider

General Dynamics

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

American meteorological satellite

Rocket

Atlas I

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Atlas I was a US expendable launch system manufactured by General Dynamics in the 1990s to launch a variety of satellites.

Height

43.9 m

Diameter

3.05 m

Launch Mass

164 T

Thrust

1,939 kN