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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

12472, 1981-049A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

Manufacturer

Hughes

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

HS-371, STAR 27 TE-

Mass

836 kg wet, ~295 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1981-05-22 (44 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 3914

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 1 Ant, 4.4 m

Radar Cross Section

7.914 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 GOES 5
1 12472U 81049A   25196.41487584 -.00000272  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 12472   9.9623 317.8685 0002030 283.3693 133.7583  1.00288679119477

Epoch: 2025-07-15T09:57Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T09:57:25.272Z)

Latitude

8.35944°

Longitude

-68.26475°

Altitude

35,786.619 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 58m 24s

True Declination

8° 21' 04"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-6.91639°

Longitude

98.68149°

Altitude

35,778.291 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 23m 53s

Apparent Declination

-13° 30' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:38:56

Azimuth

135.331° SSE

Elevation

24.258°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,791.442 km

Perigee altitude

35,774.325 km

Semi-major axis

42,161.02 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

9.9623°

RAAN

317.8685°

Arg. of periapsis

283.3693°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

133.7583°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25071 °/min

Orbital period

1,435.91 mins

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 1981 (1981-05-22 UTC)

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GOES 5 AKM, 33521

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.
1440 mins	2025-07-15 21:03:32.783Z	135.343° SSE	2025-07-16 11:51:32.783Z	121.838° SE	31.978°	2025-07-16 21:03:32.783Z	135.369° SSE

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