GEOS-3
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GEOS-3, or Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite 3, or GEOS-C, was the third and final satellite as part of NASA's Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite/Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite program (NGSP)[3] to better understand and test satellite tracking systems.[4] For GEOS 1 and GEOS 2, the acronym stands for Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite; this was changed for GEOS-3.[4]
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Geodesy |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1975-027A |
SATCAT no. | 7734 |
Website | ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov |
Mission duration | 49 years, 4 months and 7 days (in orbit) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | GEOS |
Manufacturer | JHU / APL |
Launch mass | 346 kilograms (763 lb) |
Dimensions | 1.32 by 0.81 meters (4.3 ft × 2.7 ft) 6 meters (20 ft) long with boom deployed |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 April 1975, 23:58:02 (1975-04-09UTC23:58:02Z) UTC[1] |
Rocket | Delta 1410 |
Launch site | Vandenberg SLC-2W |
Contractor | NASA |
End of mission | |
Deactivated | July 1979 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Semi-major axis | 7,208.68 kilometers (4,479.27 mi) |
Eccentricity | 0.001273 |
Perigee altitude | 828 kilometers (514 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 846 kilometers (526 mi) |
Inclination | 114.98 degrees |
Period | 101.52 minutes |
Epoch | 14 January 2014, 03:51:02 UTC[2] |
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