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ESA-GEOS 1
ESA research satellite. ESA-GEOS 1 was launched on April 20, 1977 aboard a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1977-029ANORAD 9931European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Geos 1
- Common name
- ESA-GEOS 1
- International designator
- 1977-029A
- NORAD catalog number
- 9931
- GCAT identifier
- S09931
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/003
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Geos
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- British Aerospace (BAe) Systems
- Platform (bus)
- ESA Geos
Launch
- Date
- April 20, 1977 · 10:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 1977-029Failure · 0.7
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GTO
- Perigee
- 2,083 km
- Apogee
- 38,294 km
- Inclination
- 26.47°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 1980
- End of operations
- January 1980
Size
- Mass
- 267 kg
- Dry mass
- 237 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 573 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 40.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113172876 (CC0).