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GOES-18
American geostationary weather satellite. GOES-18 was launched on March 1, 2022 aboard a Atlas V 541 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2022-021ANORAD 51850United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GOES 18
- Common name
- GOES-18
- Payload designation
- GOES T
- International designator
- 2022-021A
- NORAD catalog number
- 51850
- GCAT identifier
- S51850
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1058
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- GOES R
- Owner
- NOAA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- A2100
Launch
- Date
- March 1, 2022 · 21:38 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-021Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 541
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,785 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,209 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,857 kg
- Length
- 6.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.90 m
- Span
- 12.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18479950 (CC0).