NORAD 51850
GOES 18
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
- 51850
- International designator
- 2022-021A
- Launch date
- Mar 1, 2022
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 468.775 MHz · FM1,544.550 MHz · FM1,679.900 MHz · FM
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1,686.600 MHz · FM1,693.000 MHz · FM1,694.100 MHz · FM2,211.040 MHz · FM - Beacon
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- Mode
- FM
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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 DopplerMode U - DCP Command 1
Transmitter · Mobile · FM
- Downlink
- 468.775 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Mode L SARSAT to LUT
Transmitter · Maritime · FM
- Downlink
- 1,544.550 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Mode L - DCP Relay US
Transmitter · Mobile · FM
- Downlink
- 1,679.900 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-18 06:11:47 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
About GOES 18
GOES 18 is a satellite from the United States, launched on Mar 1, 2022 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 137°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-18 · American geostationary weather satellite
- Operated by
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Built by
- Lockheed Martin Space
- Mass
- 2,857 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 366 days its lowest point went from 35,784 km to 35,785 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.