Launch · COSPAR 1978-062 · 16 Jun 1978

GOES 3

Name: Launch 1978-062 — GOES 3
Start: 1978-06-16
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

25% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 4

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
GOES 3 GOES	10953	1978-062A	Unknown	GEO	36,035 / 36,055 km	6.72°	on orbit	NOAA

Rocket body Rocket body · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
DELTA 1 R/B(1)	10954	1978-062B	Inactive	LEO	547 / 1,566 km	28.43°	on orbit	—
DELTA 1 R/B(2)	10955	1978-062C	Decayed	LEO	125 / 428 km	23.65°	20 Aug 1983	—
GOES 3 AKM	20801	1978-062D	Inactive	GEO	35,574 / 36,446 km	6.24°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1978-062; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.