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1972 · United States Air Force

NOAA 2

successDelta 0300 | NOAA 2

Meteorological satellite using radiometric imaging

Overview

Date / time: October 15, 1972 at 05:19 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 2W
Mission: NOAA 2
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 2

NOAA 2 (ITOS-D)