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Class: Earth. Type: Weather. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Synchronous Meteorological Satellite.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 627 kg.
SMS Chronology
17 May 1974
SMS 1 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 2914. Mass: 243 kg. Perigee: 36,216 km. Apogee: 36,303 km. Inclination: 15.5 deg. Synchronous Meteorological Satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
06 February 1975
SMS 2 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 2914. Mass: 627 kg. Perigee: 35,941 km. Apogee: 36,060 km. Inclination: 12.0 deg. Synchronous Meteorological Satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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