page_title: GOES 1
section_title: Launch
hierarchical_section_title: GOES 1 / Launch
caption_attribution_description: GOES-1, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-1, lifts off aboard Delta Launch Vehicle 116.
context_page_description: GOES-1, designated GOES-A and SMS-C prior to entering service, was a weather satellite operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite to be launched.
context_section_description: GOES-A was launched atop a Delta 2914 from Launch Complex 17B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch occurred at 22:40:00 UTC on October 16, 1975, and left the satellite in a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Following launch, it raised itself to a geostationary orbit by means of its onboard SVM-5 apogee motor, at which time it was redesignated GOES-1.
caption: GOES-A lifts off aboard Delta 2914 D116.
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