Weather
GOES 12
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 23, 2001 at 07:23 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas IIA →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- GOES 12
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,137 km
- Periapsis
- 36,080 km
- Inclination
- 12.18°
- Orbital period
- 1452.57 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2001-031A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26871
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 12.8777 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational