Synchronous Meteorological Satellite

The Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS) program, was a program where NASA developed two weather satellites; which were placed into geosynchronous orbit.

History

SMS-1 was launched May 17, 1974 and SMS-2 was launched February 6, 1975.^[1]^[2] Both satellites were carried to orbit by Delta 2914 rockets.^[3] The program was initiated after the successes achieved by the Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) research satellites, which demonstrated the feasibility of using satellites in geosynchronous orbit for meteorology. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program, which now supports weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research in the United States, followed immediately after the SMS program; the GOES 1 satellite was initially designated SMS-C.^[4] SMS-1 and SMS-2; and GOES-1, GOES-2, and GOES-3; were essentially identical.^[5]

List of SMS satellites

Designation		Launch Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch Site	Longitude	First Image	Status	Retirement	Remarks
Launch	Operational	Launch Date/Time (UTC)	Rocket	Launch Site	Longitude	First Image	Status	Retirement	Remarks
SMS series satellites [edit]
SMS-A	SMS-1	May 17, 1974	Delta 2914
SMS-B	SMS-2	February 6, 1975	Delta 2914
SMS-derived satellites [edit]
SMS-C GOES-A	GOES 1	October 16, 1975, 22:40	Delta 2914	CCAFS LC-17A		October 25, 1975	Retired	March 7, 1985^[6]
SMS-D GOES-B	GOES 2	June 16, 1977, 10:51	Delta 2914	CCAFS LC-17B	60°W		Retired	1993^[7]	Reactivated as comsat in 1995,^[7] finally deactivated in May 2001
SMS-E GOES-C	GOES 3	June 16, 1978, 10:49	Delta 2914	CCAFS LC-17B			Retired	1993^[8]	Reactivated as comsat in 1995,^[8] was decommissioned 29 June 2016

References

^ "SMS 1 - NSSDC ID: 1974-033A". NASA NSSDC.
^ "SMS 2 - NSSDC ID: 1975-011A". NASA NSSDC.
^ Jonathan McDowell. "Launch Log".
^ "GOES 1 - NSSDC ID: 1975-100A". NASA NSSDC.
^ "SMS". NASA SMD. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16.
^ "GOES-1". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-05-12. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
^ ^a ^b "GOES-2". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
^ ^a ^b "GOES-3". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

[1] "SMS 1 - NSSDC ID: 1974-033A". NASA NSSDC.

[2] "SMS 2 - NSSDC ID: 1975-011A". NASA NSSDC.

[3] Jonathan McDowell. "Launch Log".

[4] "GOES 1 - NSSDC ID: 1975-100A". NASA NSSDC.

[5] "SMS". NASA SMD. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16.

[GOES1-6] "GOES-1". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-05-12. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

[GOES2-7] "GOES-2". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

[GOES3-8] "GOES-3". ESE 40th Anniversary. NASA. 1999-04-22. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

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v t e Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
Synchronous Meteorological Satellites
SMS (predecessor)	SMS-1 SMS-2
SMS derived	GOES 1 GOES 2 GOES 3
1st generation	GOES 4 GOES 5 GOES 6 GOES-G GOES 7
2nd generation	GOES 8 GOES 9 GOES 10 GOES 11 GOES 12
3rd generation	GOES 13 GOES 14 GOES 15 GOES-Q
4th generation	GOES 16 GOES-17 GOES-18 GOES-19
List of GOES satellites

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Synchronous Meteorological Satellite

History

List of SMS satellites

SMS series satellites

SMS-derived satellites

References