Space AtlasGOES 3 AKM
NORAD 20801 · Rocket body · In orbit since 1978
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1978-06-16 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA
- Country / operator
- US (United States)
- Object type
- Rocket body
- Mass
- 335 kg
- Size
- 0.9 × 0.8 m
- Orbit class
- GEO (geosynchronous)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 35,570 × 36,452 km
- Inclination
- 6.4°
- Period
- 1447.2 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0104
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.