Lockheed Martin

Terra

Atlas IIAS

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, December 18, 1999 · 18:57 UTC

Mission

/01

The Terra (formally known as EOS-AM-1) satellite is the flagship of EOS. It provides global data on the state of the atmosphere, land, and oceans, as well as their interactions with solar radiation and with one another.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Polar Orbit (PO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas IIAS

Variant: IIAS

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 3E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.640° N, 120.590° W

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