GOES 18

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GOES 18 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 51850

Int'l Code: 2022-021A

Perigee: 35,792.0 km

Apogee: 35,796.0 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: March 1, 2022
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

GOES-18 is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series (GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, and GOES-U) will extend the availability of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite system until 2037. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado. It is based on the A2100A satellite bus and will have an expected useful life of 15 years (10 operational after five years in orbit replacement).

1 51850U 22021A   24129.60811148  .00000096  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 51850   0.0025 335.9656 0000476 354.0941 338.7654  1.00270778  8059

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC