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GOES 18 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 51850U          26108.76630939 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00002
2 51850   0.0085  60.4621 0000434  35.5189 249.7860  1.00273320    09
Epoch (UTC): 18 April 2026 18:23:29
Eccentricity: 0.0000434
inclination: 0.0085°
perigee height: 35784 km
apogee height: 35788 km
right ascension of ascending node: 60.4621°
argument of perigee: 35.5189°
revolutions per day: 1.00273320
mean anomaly at epoch: 249.7860°

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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