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NORAD ID: 29155
Int'l Code: 2006-018A
Perigee: 35,778.1 km
Apogee: 35,813.1 km
Inclination: 0.2 °
Period: 1,436.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 42166 km
Launch date: May 24, 2006
Source: United States (US)
Comments: GOES 13 is an American (NOAA) geostationary weather satellite that was launched by a Delta 4 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 22:11 UT on 24 May 2006. The 3.2 kg (with fuel), 2.3 kW craft carries the usual set of GOES monitors: imager, sounder, SEM package, X-ray imager, energetic particle detector, and ground-data relaying equipment. The parking longitude is yet to be finalized
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 29155U 06018A 13143.32528170 -.00000248 00000-0 10000-3 0 5622
2 29155 000.2434 262.7876 0004149 176.8511 203.6567 01.00265284 25657
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for GOES 13
