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NORAD 10953

GOES 3

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 6.6° from the equator, between 36,047 and 36,058 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About GOES 3

GOES 3 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jun 16, 1978 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 109°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

GOES-3 · American geostationary weather satellite

Operated by
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Built by
Ford Aerospace
Mass
294 kg

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 365 days its lowest point went from 36,032 km to 36,030 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
36,03036,04036,05036,060Feb 26May 26Aug 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.