Operational
GOES-18
GOES-18 provides rapid full-disk and regional imagery, lightning mapping and space-weather observations. It is part of NOAA's latest generation of geostationary weather sentinels.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Weather
TYPE
Geo Dish
COUNTRY
United States
OPERATOR
NOAA
LAUNCH DATE
Mar 1, 2022
LAUNCH SITE
Cape Canaveral
ORBIT CLASS
GEO
ALTITUDE · KM
35,787
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
1,436.12
INCLINATION · DEG
0.03
APOGEE · KM
35,788
PERIGEE · KM
35,786
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