GOES 15

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GOES 15 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 36411

Int'l Code: 2010-008A

Perigee: 35,789.8 km

Apogee: 35,798.0 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 1.5848 m² (large)

Launch date: March 4, 2010
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

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.

1 36411U 10008A   22017.65117340  .00000068  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 36411   0.0924 268.7531 0000971  59.9086 254.4307  1.00271103 43500

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC