Launch · COSPAR 1981-049 · 22 May 1981

GOES 5

Name: Launch 1981-049 — GOES 5
Start: 1981-05-22
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

50% 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 5 GOES	12472	1981-049A	Unknown	GEO	35,784 / 35,816 km	9.21°	on orbit	NOAA

Rocket body Rocket body · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
DELTA 1 R/B(1)	12473	1981-049B	Decayed	LEO	147 / 1,015 km	28.10°	08 Sept 1981	—
DELTA 1 R/B(2)	12494	1981-049C	Decayed	LEO	106 / 1,213 km	25.81°	21 Sept 1982	—
GOES 5 AKM	33521	1981-049D	Inactive	OTHER	33,512 / 49,951 km	16.11°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1981-049; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.