General DynamicsAtlas ILaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
GOES 10
Launched
April 25, 1997
Image: NASA
Summary
GOES 10 launched on a General Dynamics Atlas I from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 25, 1997. It was General Dynamics's 11th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,138th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Atlas I flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). GOES 10, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 151 × 42,197 km orbit inclined 27.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas I · General DynamicsGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 11th Atlas I flight · 1st this yearGeneral Dynamics's 11th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,138th orbital launch attempt20th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
GOES 10 · NORAD 24786 · 1997-019 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- GOES 10
- Object ID
- 1997-019A
- Epoch
- 1997-04-25 00:02:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.89906053 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7632335
- Inclination
- 27.0437°
- Ascending node
- 121.467°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.9584°
- Mean anomaly
- 183.8877°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0001
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- GOES 10 · NORAD 24786 · in orbit
Centaur AC-79 · re-entered April 21, 1998
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
American meteorological satellite
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
59th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 2nd this year · 528th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
67 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did GOES 10 launch?
GOES 10 launched on April 25, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch GOES 10?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched GOES 10?
Atlas I, flown by General Dynamics. Atlas I spec sheet
Where did GOES 10 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did GOES 10 reach?
GOES 10, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 151 × 42,197 km orbit inclined 27.0°.
How many satellites did GOES 10 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is GOES 10 part of?
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. About Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite