Geostationary
NORAD ID: 36411
Int'l Code: 2010-008A
Perigee: 35,789.9 km
Apogee: 35,804.9 km
Inclination: 0.1 °
Period: 1,436.3 minutes
Semi major axis: 42168 km
Launch date: March 4, 2010
Source: United States (US)
Comments: GOES 15 (GOES-P) is an American weather satellite, which will form part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system operated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The spacecraft was constructed by Boeing, and is the last of three GOES satellites to be based on the BSS-601 bus. In addition to weather forecasting on Earth, a key instrument onboard GOES-P, the Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI), will help NOAA continue monitoring solar conditions.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 36411U 10008A 15025.51191032 .00000073 00000-0 00000+0 0 4724
2 36411 000.1180 251.4730 0001777 073.0099 209.5277 01.00258818 17967
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for GOES 15
