Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
10:43:00
Friday July 14, 1978
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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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
572 kilograms
38th
Mission
5th
Mission of 1978
73rd
Orbital launch attempt