Status
Success
ESA-GEOS-2
Launch Time
Fri Jul 14, 1978 10:43 UTC
Fri Jul 14, 1978 10:43 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
ESA-GEOS 2
ESA-GEOS 2 was the first spacecraft dedicated completely to scientific measurements in an equatorial geostationary orbit. The spacecraft served as a core or reference spacecraft for the International Magnetospheric Study (IMS) and carried out correlative measurements with extensive ground-based networks in Scandinavia.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 572.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1978
73rd orbital launch attempt
Delta 2000 Series
38th mission
5th mission of 1978
36th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission