GOES 5, 12472
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GOES 5, 12472 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 22 May 1981 UTC via a DELTA 3914 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
Hughes
Mission
Non-operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor
HS-371, STAR 27 TE-
Mass
836 kg wet, ~295 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl + 1 Ant, 2.2 m
Radar Cross Section
7.914 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 18 hours ago
TLE from 18 hours ago
0 GOES 5
1 12472U 81049A 25256.14475398 -.00000288 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998
2 12472 9.8579 317.4547 0003555 282.9034 97.4415 1.00266668120078Epoch: 2025-09-13T03:28Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-13T03:28:26.743Z)
Latitude
3.41873°
Longitude
-66.9254°
Altitude
35,789.157 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
22h 30m 16s
True Declination
3° 24' 55"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
13:40:49
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,804.044 km
Perigee altitude
35,774.063 km
Semi-major axis
42,167.191 km
Eccentricity
0.00036
Inclination
9.8579°
RAAN
317.4547°
Arg. of periapsis
282.9034°
True anomaly
97.48189°
Mean anomaly
97.4415°
Eccentric anomaly
97.4617°
Mean motion
0.25066 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.22 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 1981 (1981-05-22 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GOES 5 Visibility forecast
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Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 1440 mins | 2025-09-13 21:08:51.627Z | 135.183° SSE | 2025-09-14 07:49:51.627Z | 120.792° SE | 31.463° | 2025-09-14 21:08:51.627Z | 135.158° SSE |
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