Operational
GOES-16 (GOES-East)
Parked over the equator, GOES-16 stares continuously at the Western Hemisphere, delivering full-disk images every few minutes and tracking hurricanes, storms and lightning as they develop.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Weather
TYPE
Geo Dish
COUNTRY
United States
OPERATOR
NOAA
LAUNCH DATE
Nov 19, 2016
LAUNCH SITE
Cape Canaveral
ORBIT CLASS
GEO
ALTITUDE · KM
35,787
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
1,436.11
INCLINATION · DEG
0.34
APOGEE · KM
35,788
PERIGEE · KM
35,786
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