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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

7 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 7 hours ago

0 GOES 17
1 43226U 18022A   25185.15875225 -.00000167  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 43226   0.0528 113.7825 0000890  87.2971  45.0022  1.00421581 26948

Epoch: 2025-07-04T03:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-04T03:48:36.194Z)

Latitude

0.02036°

Longitude

-93.47166°

Altitude

35,741.496 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 24m 22s

True Declination

0° 01' 13"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.0494°

Longitude

16.22539°

Altitude

35,747.536 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 49m 19s

Apparent Declination

-6° 16' 34"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:55:56

Azimuth

161.96° S

Elevation

42.195°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,749.474 km

Perigee altitude

35,741.976 km

Semi-major axis

42,123.862 km

Eccentricity

0.00009

Inclination

0.0528°

RAAN

113.7825°

Arg. of periapsis

87.2971°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

45.0022°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25104 °/min

Orbital period

1,434.01 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	2025-07-04 11:05:33.249Z	161.967° S	2025-07-04 22:12:33.249Z	161.582° S	33.901°	2025-07-05 11:05:33.249Z	161.18° S

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