GOES 18

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GOES 18 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 51850

Int'l Code: 2022-021A

Perigee: 35,791.2 km

Apogee: 35,796.5 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: March 1, 2022
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

GOES-18 is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series (GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, and GOES-U) will extend the availability of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite system until 2037. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado. It is based on the A2100A satellite bus and will have an expected useful life of 15 years (10 operational after five years in orbit replacement).

1 51850U 22021A   23090.69721701  .00000091  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 51850   0.0088 112.1355 0000634 210.8455 339.8173  1.00271440  4011

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC