NOAA-9 (NOAA-F), a polar-orbiting meteorological satellite for NOAA, launched on an Atlas E from Vandenberg into sun-synchronous orbit. It carried AVHRR, TOVS, and Earth-radiation-budget instruments for weather and climate monitoring.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.7 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 15 SM-65E Atlas flights
- Date and time
- 12 December 1984, 10:42 UTC
- Rocket
- SM-65E Atlas
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1984-123
- Launches in 1984
- 123rd of 129
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