GOES 12

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GOES 12 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 26871

Int'l Code: 2001-031A

Perigee: 36,072.6 km

Apogee: 36,158.1 km

Inclination: 8.0 °

Period: 1,452.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 42486 km

RCS: 12.8777 m² (large)

Launch date: July 23, 2001
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

GOES 12 is an American geosynchronous weather satellite that was launched by an Atlas 2A rocket from Cape Canaveral at 07:23 UT on 23 July 2001. The spacecraft carries an IR imager, a "sounder", and an X-ray imager. The IR imager is a Cassegrain telescope covering five wavelength channels, 0.55-0.75, 3.80-4.00, 6.50-7.00, 10.20-11.20, and 11.50-12.50 microns. It can provide images covering 3,000 km x 3,000 km every 41 seconds, by scanning the area in 16 square kilometer sections.

1 26871U 01031A   20058.91874466 -.00000056  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 26871   8.0442  53.4558 0010059 274.3111  72.8761  0.99135457 67926

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC