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GOES 16, 41866

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GOES 16, 41866 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 19 Nov 2016 UTC via an ATLAS V 541 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

41866, 2016-071A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

Manufacturer

LMCSS

Mission

Operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

A2100, LEROS-1C

Mass

5,192 kg wet, 2,857 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-11-19 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS V 541

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan + 1 Rod, 12 m

Radar Cross Section

37.561 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 GOES 16
1 41866U 16071A   25115.51415600 -.00000197  00000-0  00000+0 0  9993
2 41866   0.0530 278.1354 0000827 188.8680 209.0536  1.00129429 30906

Epoch: 2025-04-25T12:20Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T12:20:23.078Z)

Latitude

0.05325°

Longitude

-82.82133°

Altitude

35,829.067 km

Speed

3.073 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 04m 10s

True Declination

0° 03' 12"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.02722°

Longitude

26.66909°

Altitude

35,823.45 km

Speed

3.073 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 33m 21s

Apparent Declination

-6° 07' 53"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:53:35

Azimuth

147.585° SSE

Elevation

38.53°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,831.11 km

Perigee altitude

35,824.129 km

Semi-major axis

42,205.756 km

Eccentricity

0.0000827

Inclination

0.053°

RAAN

278.1354°

Arg. of periapsis

188.868°

True anomaly

209.049°

Mean anomaly

209.0536°

Eccentric anomaly

209.0513°

Mean motion

0.25031 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1438.19 mins

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GOES 16 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	2025-04-25 19:37:46.689Z	147.596° SSE	2025-04-26 17:39:46.689Z	148.195° SSE	32.049°	2025-04-26 19:37:46.689Z	148.263° SSE

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