GOES 15

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GOES 15 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 36411

Int'l Code: 2010-008A

Perigee: 35,780.7 km

Apogee: 35,801.2 km

Inclination: 0.3 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42161 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   20091.60118792  .00000049  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 36411   0.3026 276.2912 0002430 139.2228 222.4434  1.00281633 36928

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC