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GOES 3, 10953

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GOES 3, 10953 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 16 Jun 1978 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

10953, 1978-062A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

Manufacturer

Ford Ae

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

SMS, SVM-5

Mass

628 kg wet, ~273 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1978-06-16 (47 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 2 days ago

0 GOES 3
1 10953U 78062A   25118.54795705 -.00000095  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 10953   7.8407 302.2968 0000377  32.7517 173.2514  0.99357711124415

Epoch: 2025-04-28T13:09Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T13:09:03.489Z)

Latitude

-3.4557°

Longitude

94.0626°

Altitude

36,046.427 km

Speed

3.065 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 52m 21s

True Declination

-3° 27' 08"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.99947°

Longitude

-104.60176°

Altitude

36,042.948 km

Speed

3.065 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 33m 04s

Apparent Declination

-4° 02' 06"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

07:52:51

Azimuth

343.187° N

Elevation

-52.986°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,047.44 km

Perigee altitude

36,044.241 km

Semi-major axis

42,423.978 km

Eccentricity

0.0000377

Inclination

7.8407°

RAAN

302.2968°

Arg. of periapsis

32.7517°

True anomaly

173.25191°

Mean anomaly

173.2514°

Eccentric anomaly

173.25165°

Mean motion

0.24839 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1449.36 mins

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