Weather
GOES 5
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 22, 1981 at 10:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 3914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- GOES 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,817 km
- Periapsis
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 9.37°
- Orbital period
- 1437.04 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1981-049A
- NORAD catalog №
- 12472
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 4.3724 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational