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GOES

NOAA · United States

Median orbit
35,784 km · 0.0°
Active
3
Inactive
3
Decayed
0
On orbit
18
Total launched
18
Launches
18
Launched 30 d
0
Launched 365 d
0
First launch
16 Oct 1975
Last launch
25 Jun 2024
Activity scorederived
0.0
launch cadence index
Snapshot
11 Sept 2026 22:50 UTC

Deployment

Deployment timeline

Cumulative satellites launched

Cumulative satellites launched by month051015201975198019871997200920182024

Launched per month

Satellites launched per month00.20.40.60.811975-101980-091987-021997-042009-062018-032024-06

Orbits

Orbital shells

Perigee altitude · satellites per 25 km

Perigee altitude histogram024635.8K km35.9K km36K km36.1K km

Inclination · satellites per 5°

Inclination histogram00.511.520°2°4°6°8°10°12°14°16°

Largest shells (perigee × inclination)

Shell table unavailable

Shells bucket current elements to 20 km × 1°. Orbit classes are derived.

Launches

Launch history · 18 launches

LaunchDateSiteSatellitesActive
2024-11925 Jun 2024Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida11
2022-02101 Mar 2022Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida11
2018-02201 Mar 2018Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
2016-07119 Nov 2016Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida11
2010-00804 Mar 2010Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
2009-03327 Jun 2009Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
2001-03123 Jul 2001Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
2000-02203 May 2000Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1997-01925 Apr 1997Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1995-02523 May 1995Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1994-02213 Apr 1994Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1987-02226 Feb 1987Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1983-04128 Apr 1983Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1981-04922 May 1981Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1980-07409 Sept 1980Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1978-06216 Jun 1978Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1977-04816 Jun 1977Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10
1975-10016 Oct 1975Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida10

Fleet

Recent satellites

All satellites in this constellation →
SatelliteNORADStatusLaunchedPerigeeApogeeIncl.
GOES 1960133Active25 Jun 202435,784 km35,789 km0.02°
GOES 1851850Active01 Mar 202235,784 km35,789 km0.04°
GOES 1743226Inactive01 Mar 201835,783 km35,790 km1.15°
GOES 1641866Active19 Nov 201635,779 km35,794 km0.55°
EWS-G2 (GOES 15)36411Inactive04 Mar 201035,765 km35,809 km1.51°
EWS-G3 (GOES 14)35491Inactive27 Jun 200935,834 km35,852 km1.91°
GOES 1226871Unknown23 Jul 200136,086 km36,131 km12.34°
GOES 1126352Unknown03 May 200036,117 km36,151 km11.98°
GOES 1024786Unknown25 Apr 199735,979 km36,243 km13.23°
GOES 923581Unknown23 May 199536,174 km36,233 km14.04°
GOES 823051Unknown13 Apr 199436,157 km36,190 km14.50°
GOES 717561Unknown26 Feb 198735,882 km35,896 km12.85°

Timeline

Events

All events →
  1. Decommission

    EWS-G3 (GOES 14) reported inactive

    SATCAT status changed ? → B.

    Source unavailable · confidence 80%

  2. Decommission

    EWS-G2 (GOES 15) reported inactive

    SATCAT status changed ? → B.

    Source unavailable · confidence 80%

  3. Decommission

    GOES 17 reported inactive

    SATCAT status changed ? → B.

    Source unavailable · confidence 80%