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ESA-GEOS 2
ESA geostationary research satellite. ESA-GEOS 2 was launched on July 14, 1978 aboard a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1978-071ANORAD 10981European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Geos 2
- Common name
- ESA-GEOS 2
- International designator
- 1978-071A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10981
- GCAT identifier
- S10981
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.378
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
- July 14, 1978 · 10:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-071Success
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,768 km
- Apogee
- 35,801 km
- Inclination
- 0.69°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- October 1985
- End of operations
- October 1985
Size
- Mass
- 270 kg
- Dry mass
- 240 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 575 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 Q1485199 (CC0).