United States Air ForceDelta 2914Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SMS 1
Launched
May 17, 1974
Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Summary
SMS 1 launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2914 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 17, 1974. The mission failed. It was United States Air Force's 618th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 1,573rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Delta 2914 flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2914 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Delta 2914 flightUnited States Air Force's 618th launch6th this yearhumanity's 1,573rd orbital launch attempt35th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 3 components; 2 still in orbit
- SMS 1 · NORAD 7298 · in orbit
Delta 102 · re-entered May 20, 1974
Delta 102 Stage 3 · re-entered November 12, 1974
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary meteorological satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
45th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 3rd this year · 283rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
33 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SMS 1 launch?
SMS 1 launched on May 17, 1974. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SMS 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SMS 1?
Delta 2914, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2914 spec sheet
Where did SMS 1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was SMS 1 going to?
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a earth science mission.
How many satellites did SMS 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).