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GOES-3
American geostationary weather satellite. GOES-3 was launched on June 16, 1978 aboard a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1978-062ANORAD 10953United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GOES 3
- Common name
- GOES-3
- Payload designation
- GOES C
- International designator
- 1978-062A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10953
- GCAT identifier
- S10953
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/016
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- GOES
- Owner
- NOAA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ford Aerospace, Palo Alto
- Platform (bus)
- SMS
Launch
- Date
- June 16, 1978 · 10:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-062Success
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,767 km
- Apogee
- 35,807 km
- Inclination
- 0.96°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- June 2016
- End of operations
- Jun 23, 2016
Size
- Mass
- 293 kg
- Dry mass
- 273 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 628 kg
- Length
- 2.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 2.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5514058 (CC0).