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SMS 2
Spacecraft, a NASA-developed, NOAA-operated spacecraft. SMS 2 was launched on February 6, 1975 aboard a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1975-011ANORAD 7648United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SMS 2
- Payload designation
- SMS B
- International designator
- 1975-011A
- NORAD catalog number
- 7648
- GCAT identifier
- S07648
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.317
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- GOES
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Aeronutronic Ford Western Development Labs
- Platform (bus)
- SMS
Launch
- Date
- February 6, 1975 · 22:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 1975-011Success
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,773 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.52°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- October 1982
- End of operations
- October 1982
Size
- Mass
- 309 kg
- Dry mass
- 293 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 628 kg
- Length
- 2.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 3.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113148643 (CC0).