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1980 · United States Air Force

NOAA B

successAtlas F | NOAA B

Third generation LEO meteorological satellite

Overview

Date / time: May 29, 1980 at 10:53 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 3W
Mission: NOAA B
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

SM-65F Atlas →

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1