NORAD 41866
GOES 16
Time
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 41866
- International designator
- 2016-071A
- Launch date
- Nov 19, 2016
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 1,544.550 MHz · FM1,686.600 MHz · FM1,693.000 MHz · BPSK
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1,694.100 MHz · FM - Beacon
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- Mode
- BPSK, FM
Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerSARSAT - L-Band
Transmitter · Radiolocation · FM
- Downlink
- 1,544.550 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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GRB (1686.6MHz)
Transmitter · Meteorological · FM
- Downlink
- 1,686.600 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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CDA (1693MHz)
Transmitter · Meteorological · BPSK
- Downlink
- 1,693.000 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 80,000
Recent receptions
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Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-18 10:59:51 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
About GOES 16
GOES 16 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Nov 19, 2016 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 105°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-16 · American geostationary weather satellite
- Operated by
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Built by
- Lockheed Martin Space
- Mass
- 5,192 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 366 days its lowest point went from 35,775 km to 35,777 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.