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Name: Atlas I | GOES 9
Start: 1995-05-23T05:52:02.000Z
End: 1995-05-23T05:52:02.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36B

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Atlas I | GOES 9

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

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GOES 9

General Dynamics • Atlas I • LC-36B

T-00h:00m:00s

May 23, 5:52 AM UTC

American meteorological satellite

Rocket profile

Atlas I

Variant: I

Length: 43.9 m

Diameter: 3.05 m

Reusable: No

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Provider

General Dynamics

Vehicle

Atlas I

Pad

Launch Complex 36B (LC-36B)

State

NET

1995-05-23T05:52:02+00:00

Window start

1995-05-23T05:52:02+00:00

Window end

1995-05-23T05:52:02+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 9

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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Service provider

General Dynamics

Provider news

Commercial • USA

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

0 objects

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Last success: 2026-02-01T14:00:06.673+00:00

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

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Provider legacy

General Dynamics

Lifetime launches

1 in 2026

General Dynamics has 9 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

3 in 2026

Launch Complex 36B has 51 launches from this pad on record, with 3 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

82% all time

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Pad turnaround

61d 23h

Reported pad reuse cadence.