In orbitRocket body

GOES 2 AKM

NORAD: 20799
COSPAR: 1977-048G

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Spacecraft

Built by: Aerojet Engineering
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): SVM
Main engine: SVM-5
Mass at launch: 330 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 31 kg
Length: 0.9 m
Diameter: 0.8 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.9 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S20799, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1977-06-16
Rocket: Delta 2914
Flight: GOES 2
Mission name: GOES B
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1977-048

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1977-048, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1977-06-16
Period: 1432.0 min
Inclination: 3.75°
Apogee: 36,582 km
Perigee: 34,830 km
Radar cross-section: 0.3513 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: GOES 2 (NORAD 10061)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris3 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body3 in total, 2 still in orbit