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EPISODE · May 18, 2017 · 5 MIN

Episode 3: Weather Satellites and the "Go Fast" Rocket

from The Space Shot · host John Mulnix

On May 17th, 1974 the first Synchronous Meteorological Satellite or SMS-1 was launched on a Delta 2000 series rocket. The SMS-1 and SMS-2 satellites were the first purpose-built geostationary weather satellites ever launched and these missions started a long lineage that leads to the present day GOES missions. http://www.space.com/34779-goes-r-weather-satellite-launched-atop-atlas-v-rocket-video.html https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1974-033A

On May 17th, 1974 the first Synchronous Meteorological Satellite or SMS-1 was launched on a Delta 2000 series rocket. The SMS-1 and SMS-2 satellites were the first purpose-built geostationary weather satellites ever launched and these missions started a long lineage that leads to the present day GOES missions. http://www.space.com/34779-goes-r-weather-satellite-launched-atop-atlas-v-rocket-video.html https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1974-033A

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