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Atlas I | GOES 8

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

General Dynamics • Atlas I • Launch Complex 36B (FL)

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GOES 8

General Dynamics • Atlas I • LC-36B

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American meteorological satellite

Rocket profile

Atlas I

Variant: I

Length: 43.9 m

Diameter: 3.05 m

Reusable: No

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Launch info

Provider

General Dynamics

Vehicle

Atlas I

Pad

Launch Complex 36B (LC-36B)

State

NET

1994-04-13T06:04:02+00:00

Window start

1994-04-13T06:04:02+00:00

Window end

1994-04-13T06:04:02+00:00

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit

Mission type

Earth Science

Launch site

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Reusable

LEO capacity (kg)

5900

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Launch Complex 36B

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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA • FL28.47056, -80.54219Provider map

GOES 8

American meteorological satellite

Rocket

Atlas I

Manufacturer: General Dynamics

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

Maiden flight

1990-07-25

Launch mass (t)

164

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Programs

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
Earth Observation
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service division, supports weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research
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Objects from this launch

2 objects

SATCAT inventory for 1994-022

Last checked: 2026-03-15T06:11:01.138+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-15T06:11:01.138+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-15T06:11:01.138+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-15T06:11:01.138+00:00

Snapshot hash: 611f9507f9b2670f6ca781c3389cdb2abf84851729301258a1b7158692fb0317

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 1Delta: +1RB: 1DEB: 0UNK: 0

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GOES 8
1994-022ANORAD 23051PAYUnited States (US)Ops: -
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 1455.93 minRCS: 19.953 m²
Inc: 14.3°
36151 km → 36197 km

SATCAT non-payload objects

ATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B
1994-022BNORAD 23052RBUnited States (US)Ops: D
Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.75 minRCS: 25.199 m²
Inc: 27.0°
101 km → 620 km

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General Dynamics

Lifetime launches

1 in 2026

General Dynamics has 7 launches on record, with 1 in 2026.

Rocket track record

Atlas I

Successful missions

0 in 2026

Atlas I has 9 successful missions on record, with 0 in 2026.

Pad history

Launch Complex 36B

Pad launches

1 in 2026

Launch Complex 36B has 46 launches from this pad on record, with 1 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

82% all time

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Pad turnaround

118d 5h

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