GOES 18, 51850
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GOES 18, 51850 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in GEO that was launched on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 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
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
LMCSS
Mission
Operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor
A2100, LEROS-1C
Mass
5,209 kg wet, 2,857 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Pan + 1 Rod, 20.0 m
Radar Cross Section
37.561 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago
TLE from 10 hours ago
0 GOES 18
1 51850U 22021A 25288.74371750 .00000082 00000-0 00000-0 0 9995
2 51850 0.0456 45.1629 0000732 222.0784 248.0292 1.00271249 4142Epoch: 2025-10-15T17:50Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-15T17:50:57.192Z)
Latitude
0.02373°
Longitude
-137.0042°
Altitude
35,787.377 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
10h 20m 59s
True Declination
0° 01' 25"
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
22:12:52
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,790.902 km
Perigee altitude
35,784.729 km
Semi-major axis
42,165.953 km
Eccentricity
0.00007
Inclination
0.0456°
RAAN
45.1629°
Arg. of periapsis
222.0784°
True anomaly
248.02142°
Mean anomaly
248.0292°
Eccentric anomaly
248.02531°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.16 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #21 in the year 2022 (2022-03-01 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 18 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. |
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| 1440 mins | 2025-10-16 03:33:42.405Z | 224.105° SW | 2025-10-16 21:27:42.405Z | 224.145° SW | 28.84° | 2025-10-17 03:33:42.405Z | 224.11° SW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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