Weather
GOES 18
OperationalWeatherGEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 1, 2022 at 09:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 541 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- GOES-T
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,788 km
- Periapsis
- 35,785 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 5,209 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,857 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science/Meterology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2022-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 51850
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational