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GOES 17, 43226

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GOES 17, 43226 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 01 Mar 2018 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

43226, 2018-022A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

Manufacturer

LMCSS

Mission

On reserve Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

A2100, LEROS-1C

Mass

5,192 kg wet, 2,857 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-03-01 (7 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 Ant, 12 m

Radar Cross Section

38.538 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 GOES 17
1 43226U 18022A   25128.86140198 -.00000087  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 43226   0.0111 264.7052 0002793 189.6754 338.2433  1.00269451 26360

Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:40:25.131Z)

Latitude

0.00637°

Longitude

-104.42129°

Altitude

35,775.795 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 50m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 23"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.01956°

Longitude

51.0063°

Altitude

35,794.902 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 12m 31s

Apparent Declination

-6° 15' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:09:14

Azimuth

178.867° S

Elevation

43.823°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,800.097 km

Perigee altitude

35,776.543 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.457 km

Eccentricity

0.0002793

Inclination

0.0111°

RAAN

264.7052°

Arg. of periapsis

189.6754°

True anomaly

338.23143°

Mean anomaly

338.2433°

Eccentric anomaly

338.23737°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.18 mins

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GOES 17 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	2025-05-09 07:00:18.760Z	178.868° S	2025-05-09 15:49:18.760Z	178.959° S	34.721°	2025-05-10 07:00:18.760Z	178.886° S

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