Launch Overview
Vehicle
Titan II SLV
Agency
United States Air Force
Site / Pad
VS / SLC4W
Outcome
Success
Flight
23G-14
COSPAR Designator
2002-032
Mission
NOAA 17 (Earth Science)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Titan II SLV
Provider
United States Air Force
Agency launches
1043 (4 YTD)
Site launches
612 (3 YTD)
Pad launches
91 (1 YTD)