Sep 9 1980
From The Space Library
NASA launched the fourth geostationary orbital environmental satellite (GOES-D) for NOAA from ESMC on a Delta at 6:27 p.m. EDT. The Delta put Goes 4 into a synchronous transfer orbit close to nominal. Firing an apogee kick motor at 8 a.m. September 11 would put it into geosynchronous equatorial orbit over 90°W for flight testing, after which it would be turned over to NOAA for operational use of the VISSR [see August 29]. The 103-day gap since NASA's unsuccessful launch of NOAA-B May 29 almost set a record for inactivity. (NASA Dly Am Rpt, Sept 11/80; Df Dly, Sept 12/80, 62; Spacewarn, Sept 30/80)
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