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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          26153.96941720 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00007
2 51850   0.0494 127.8169 0000589 346.0616 349.5498  1.00271412    00
Epoch (UTC): 02 June 2026 23:15:57
Eccentricity: 0.0000589
inclination: 0.0494°
perigee height: 35784 km
apogee height: 35789 km
right ascension of ascending node: 127.8169°
argument of perigee: 346.0616°
revolutions per day: 1.00271412
mean anomaly at epoch: 349.5498°

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

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