GOES 18
NORAD 51850 · 2022-021A
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 2022-03-01
- Launch site
- AFETR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- —
Purposes: comms, earth_obs
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-20T05:20:34.144224Z
- Period
- 1,436.08 min
- Inclination
- 0.0407°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0000287
- Mean motion
- 1.00272840 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 35,785.1 km
- Apogee alt
- 35,787.5 km
- Semi-major
- 42,164.4 km
- B*
- 0.0000e+0
- RAAN
- 341.6626°
- Arg perigee
- 235.3986°
- Mean anomaly
- 85.2122°
- Rev number
- 754
§ Raw data
GOES 181 51850U 22021A 26263.22261741 .00000092 00000+0 00000+0 0 99992 51850 0.0407 341.6626 0000287 235.3986 85.2122 1.00272840 7543
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/51850 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| FM | Mode L - CDA | 1.693 GHz | — |
| FM | Mode L - DCP Relay US | 1.680 GHz | — |
| FM | Mode L - GRB | 1.687 GHz | — |
| FM | Mode L - HRIT | 1.694 GHz | — |
| FM | Mode L SARSAT to LUT | 1.545 GHz | — |
| FM | Mode S - TTC | 2.211 GHz | — |
| FM | Mode U - DCP Command 1 | 468.775 MHz | — |
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