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NOAA 17

Titan II SLV

United States Air Force

Launch Status
Success

Mission


NOAA 17

  • Type: Earth Science
  • Orbit: Polar Orbit

NOAA M carried weather imagers and microwave and infrared sounders, as well as a SARSAT search-and-rescue package. It had an on-orbit mass of 1475 kg.

Location


Space Launch Complex 4W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Space Launch Complex 4W has witnessed the launch of 93 rockets, including 93 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 774 rocket launches.

Space Launch Complex 4W

Rocket


Lockheed Martin Titan II SLV

The Titan 23G, Titan II(23)G, Titan 2(23)G or Titan II SLV was an American expendable launch system derived from the LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile. Retired Titan II missiles were converted by Martin Marietta, into which the Glenn L. Martin Company, which built the original Titan II, had merged. It was used to carry payloads for the United States Air Force, NASA and NOAA. Thirteen were launched from Space Launch Complex 4W at the Vandenberg Air Force Base between 1988 and 2003.

Titan II SLV

Agency


United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.

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