SMS Credit - NASA

Synchronous Meteorological Satellite.

Typical orbit: 36,079 km x 36,182 km at 12 to 15.5 degrees inclin. Mass: 627 kg (1,382 lb).

• 1974 May 17 - SMS 1 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 243 kg (535 lb). Perigee: 36,216 km (22,503 mi). Apogee: 36,303 km (22,557 mi). Inclination: 15.50 deg. Period: 1,460.30 min.
  Synchronous Meteorological Satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Atlantic Ocean at 45 deg W in 1974-1975; over the Atlantic Ocean 75 deg W in 1975; over the Americas at 105 deg W in 1976-1978; over the Americas at 91 deg W in1978; over the Atlantic Ocean 75 deg W in 1979; over the Atlantic Ocean 70 deg W in 1979; over the Pacific Ocean 132 deg W in 1980 As of 3 September 2001 located at 84.60 deg W drifting at 5.986 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 116.51E drifting at 5.981W degrees per day.

• 1975 February 6 - SMS 2 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17B. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 627 kg (1,382 lb). Perigee: 35,941 km (22,332 mi). Apogee: 36,060 km (22,400 mi). Inclination: 12.00 deg. Period: 1,447.10 min.
  Synchronous Meteorological Satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Americas at (GOES W) 115 deg W in 1975-1976; over the Pacific Ocean (GOES W) 135 deg W in 1976-1978; over the Atlantic Ocean (GOES E) 75 deg W in 1979-1981; over the Americas at 106 deg W in 1982 As of 29 August 2001 located at 123.04 deg W drifting at 2.760 deg W per day. As of 2007 Feb 27 located at 127.44E drifting at 2.742W degrees per day.