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GOES 2, 10061

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GOES 2, 10061 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 16 Jun 1977 UTC via a DELTA 2914 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

10061, 1977-048A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

Manufacturer

Ford Ae

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

SMS, SVM-5

Mass

624 kg wet, ~277 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1977-06-16 (48 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 2914

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 2.6 m

Radar Cross Section

5.298 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 GOES 2
1 10061U 77048A   25183.59952808 -.00000208  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 10061   7.2511 296.2609 0011252  49.9186 316.4419  0.99402348 42809

Epoch: 2025-07-02T14:23Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T14:23:19.226Z)

Latitude

0.77593°

Longitude

165.76971°

Altitude

35,996.973 km

Speed

3.068 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 09m 54s

True Declination

0° 46' 31"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-5.70027°

Longitude

31.19911°

Altitude

36,080.094 km

Speed

3.062 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 45m 14s

Apparent Declination

-10° 59' 46"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:16:19

Azimuth

266.404° W

Elevation

-12.956°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,080.865 km

Perigee altitude

35,985.423 km

Semi-major axis

42,411.281 km

Eccentricity

0.00113

Inclination

7.2511°

RAAN

296.2609°

Arg. of periapsis

49.9186°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

316.4419°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.2485 °/min

Orbital period

1,448.71 mins

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Other satellites on launch #48 in the year 1977 (1977-06-16 UTC)

DELTA 1 R/B(1), 10062

DELTA 1 DEB, 10063 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB, 10067 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB, 10075 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 R/B(2), 10409 (Decayed)

GOES 2 AKM, 20799

GOES 2 Visibility

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