SMS-2 (Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 2), a NASA geostationary weather satellite for continuous cloud-cover imaging and environmental sensing, predecessor to the GOES series. Delta 2914 (flight 108) from Cape Canaveral SLC-17B placed the craft in GEO on 6 February 1975.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 628 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 6 February 1975, 22:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1975-011
- Launches in 1975
- 11th of 132
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