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| GOES 3 |
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| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
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| 1978 Jun 16 | 1049:30 | Launch by Delta 2914 | CC LC17 |
| | | T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out |
| | | T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on |
| | | T+1:17 SRM 7-9 out |
| | | T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep |
| | | T+3:41 MECO |
| | | T+3:49 St 1 sep |
| | | T+3:54 SES-1 |
| | 1054:01 | T+4:31 Fairing |
| | 1058:18 | T+8:48 SECO-1 | 170 x 300? |
| | 1110:21 | T+20:51 SES-2 |
| | 1110:33 | T+21:03 SECO-2 | 180? x 770? x 28.4 |
| | 1111:33 | T+22:03 Spin |
| | 1111:35 | T+22:05 St 2 sep |
| | 1112:16 | T+22:46 TES 182 km, 7.9611 to 10.270km/s |
| | 1112:59 | T+23:29 TECO |
| | 1114:13 | T+24:43 St 3 sep | 657.43 183 x 37150 x 23.79 |
| | 1212? | St 2 depletion? | 108.19 554 x 1732 x 28.43 |
| 1978 Jun 17 | 0322 | AKM burn |
| | 0326? | AKM ejected |
| 1978 Jun 17 | | | 1446.81 35471 x 36520 x 1.8 GEO 71.1W+2.6W |
| 1978 Jun 29 | | First pictures |
| 1978 Jul 5 | 1600 | To NOAA |
| 1978 Jul 7 | | | 1452.64 35791 x 36427 x 1.0 GEO 122.8W+4.1W |
| 1978 Jul 9 | | braking | 1437.92 35756 x 35888 x 1.0 GEO 131.0W+0.5W |
| 1978 Jul 13 | | mv in | 1436.08 35782 x 35789 x 1.0 GEO 135.0W |
| 1978 Jul | | GOES W FGGE | 135W |
| 1978 Oct 21 | | | 1436.26 35771 x 35808 x 0.8 GEO 135.0W |
| 1978 Oct | | Mv out |
| 1978 Nov 4 | | misid? | 1436.11 35770 x 35802 x 0.8 GEO 165.3E |
| 1978 Nov 18 | | misid? | 1436.05 35766 x 35805 x 0.8 GEO 165.3E |
| 1979 Jan 7 | | misid? | 1436.14 35771 x 35803 x 0.6 GEO 165.3E |
| 1979 Feb 15 | | | 1436.05 35775 x 35795 x 0.5 GEO 135.4W |
| 1979 Dec 17 | | | 1436.03 35762 x 35808 x 0.0 GEO 135.0W |
| 1980 Sep | | | 135.5W |
| 1980 Oct 17 | | | 1436.04 35778 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 134.9W |
| 1980 Oct 21 | | Replaced by GOES 4 |
| 1981 Mar 17 | | | 1436.04 35744 x 35826 x 0.1 GEO 135.2W |
| 1981 Apr 9 | | mv out | 1435.89 35774 x 35791 x 0.2 GEO 134.4W+0.04E |
| 1981 May 23 | | | 1435.67 35764 x 35791 x 0.3 GEO 130.7W+0.1E |
| 1982 Jan 3 | | mv in | 1435.39 35760 x 35784 x 0.8 GEO 90.0W+0.2E |
| 1982 Jan 30 | | | 1436.16 35785 x 35790 x 0.9 GEO 90.5W |
| 1982 Apr 1 | | | 1436.29 35783 x 35797 x 1.0 GEO 91.3W |
| 1982 Oct | | | 91W |
| 1984 Jan | | | 91W |
| 1984 Sep 30 | | | 1436.13 35777 x 35796 x 1.7 GEO 91.0W |
| 1984 Oct | | | 91W move out |
| 1984 Oct 16 | | | 1437.89 35773 x 35870 x 1.7 GEO 96.7W+0.5W |
| 1985 Jan 20 | | mv in | 1436.22 35780 x 35797 x 1.9 GEO 135.8W |
| 1985 Jan | | GOES W | 135W |
| 1986 Oct | | | 136W |
| 1987 Mar 23 | | | 1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 3.9 GEO 136.1W |
| 1987 Apr 10 | | | 1436.01 35781 x 35787 x 4.0 GEO 135.9W |
| 1987 Apr 28 | | mv out |
| 1987 May 1 | | | 1435.81 35778 x 35783 x 4.1 GEO 134.8W+0.07E |
| 1987 May 21 | | braking 1436.42 35776 x 35809 x 4.1 GEO 128.0W |
| 1987 Jun 17 | | | 1436.29 35774 x 35806 x 4.2 GEO 129.7W+0.06W |
| 1987 Jul 2 | | | 1436.25 35777 x 35801 x 4.2 GEO 130.1W |
| 1987 Dec 20 | | | 1436.00 35774 x 35794 x 4.6 GEO 129.3W |
| 1989 Oct 4 | | | 1436.03 35760 x 35810 x 6.3 GEO 130.0W |
| 1990 Feb 23 | | | 1435.94 35757 x 35809 x 6.7 GEO 129.4W+0.03E |
| 1990 Mar 26 | | mv out | 1435.79 35727 x 35834 x 6.7 GEO 127.8W+0.07E |
| 1990 Mar 30 | | | 1438.57 35795 x 35874 x 6.8 GEO 128.1W+0.6W |
| 1990 Jun 11 | | | 1438.24 35781 x 35876 x 6.9 GEO 172.1W+0.5W |
| 1990 Jun 13 | | mv in | 1436.45 35759 x 35827 x 7.0 GEO 173.4W+0.1W |
| 1990 Jul 31 | | | 1436.20 35755 x 35822 x 7.1 GEO 175.9W+0.03W |
| 1990 Dec 7 | | | 1436.01 35750 x 35819 x 7.4 GEO 174.1W |
| 1991 Sep 3 | | | 1435.90 35761 x 35804 x 8.0 GEO 174.9W+0.05E |
| 1991 Dec 27 | | | 1435.86 35758 x 35805 x 8.3 GEO 173.1W+0.05E |
| 1992 May 24 | | | 1435.77 35759 x 35800 x 8.6 GEO 173.1W+0.08E |
| 1993 Feb 10 | | | 1436.36 35777 x 35806 x 9.2 GEO 174.9W+0.07W |
| 1994 Feb 11 | | | 1436.04 35766 x 35804 x 9.9 GEO 175.5W |
| 1995 Jan 4 | | | 1436.31 35771 x 35810 x 10.5 GEO 174.8W+0.06W |
| 1995 Apr 21 | | Begin drift | 1435.74 35765 x 35793 x 10.7 GEO 172.8W+0.08E |
| 1995 Aug 3 | | | 1435.18 35743 x 35794 x 10.9 GEO 157.9W+0.2E |
| 1995 Dec 27 | | | 1434.49 35717 x 35792 x 11.1 GEO 109.5W+0.4E |
| 1996 Jan 12 | | | 1434.49 35731 x 35778 x 11.1 GEO 103.0W+0.4E |
| 1996 Jan 24 | | mv in | 1436.00 35774 x 35794 x 11.1 GEO 102.9W |
| 1996 Nov 29 | | | 1436.19 35775 x 35802 x 11.6 GEO 103.5W |
| 1997 Mar 2 | | | 1436.19 35773 x 35803 x 11.7 GEO 106.2W |
| 1998 Apr 18 | | | 1435.97 35768 x 35800 x 12.2 GEO 105.7W |
| 1999 Apr 24 | | | 1436.17 35765 x 35810 x 12.6 GEO 102.5W+0.03W |
| 2003 Sep 5 | | | 1436.01 35767 x 35802 x 13.5 GEO 102.5W |
| 2016 Jun 15 | | | 1436.05 35769 x 35802 x 13.8 GEO 102.0W |
| 2016 Jun 16 | | Orbit raise |
| 2016 Jun 21 | | Orbit raise | 1443.51 35908 x 35954 x 13.8 |
| 2016 Jun 30 | | Orbit raise, retired |
| 2016 Jul 7 | | | 1449.25 36034 x 36053 x 13.8 |