GOES 13, 29155
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GOES 13, 29155 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 24 May 2006 UTC via a DELTA 4M+(4,2) 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
Boeing/ES
Mission
Non-operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor
HS-601, R-4D-11-300
Mass
3,209 kg wet, 1,543 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Pan + 1 Ant, 15.0 m
Radar Cross Section
30.033 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago
TLE from 22 hours ago
0 GOES 13
1 29155U 06018A 25306.40808823 -.00000155 00000-0 00000+0 0 9997
2 29155 3.9393 79.1711 0059361 267.8481 22.8317 0.98788709 41001Epoch: 2025-11-02T09:47Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-02T09:47:38.823Z)
Latitude
-3.66276°
Longitude
-178.71769°
Altitude
35,974.353 km
Speed
3.076 km/s
True Right ascension
00h 40m 28s
True Declination
-3° 39' 33"
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
03:33:01
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
36,461.4 km
Perigee altitude
35,955.802 km
Semi-major axis
42,586.738 km
Eccentricity
0.00594
Inclination
3.9393°
RAAN
79.1711°
Arg. of periapsis
267.8481°
True anomaly
23.09746°
Mean anomaly
22.8317°
Eccentric anomaly
22.9644°
Mean motion
0.24696 °/min
Orbital period
1,457.71 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #18 in the year 2006 (2006-05-24 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 13 Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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