Payload
SMS 1
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SMS 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on May 17, 1974 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 17, 1974 at 09:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- SMS 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,323 km
- Periapsis
- 36,193 km
- Inclination
- 4.16°
- Orbital period
- 1460.25 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 240.83 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1974-033A
- NORAD catalog №
- 7298
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.1499 m²
- Status
- active