Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
PO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:23:04 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4543 ever
Mission
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.