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NORAD 12472

GOES 5

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 9.1° from the equator, between 35,770 and 35,797 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About GOES 5

GOES 5 is a satellite from the United States, launched on May 22, 1981 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 138°W, 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-5 · American geostationary weather satellite

Operated by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Built by
Boeing Satellite Development Center
Mass
660 kg

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

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 365 days its lowest point went from 35,773 km to 35,775 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)
35,78035,80035,820Feb 26May 26Aug 26

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