Key statistics
Satellite GOES 12 at a glance.
Uptime
8753
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
11.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for GOES 12.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: GOES 12
International designator: 2001-031A
Object number (NORAD): 26871
Object ID (CCSDS): 26871
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1452.503 minutes
Inclination: 11.5564 deg
SMA: 42485.258 km
Apoapsis: 36127.006 km
Periapsis: 36087.24 km
RAAN: 40.1131 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000468
Argument of periapsis: 305.2229 deg
Mean anomaly: 44.7928 deg
Mean motion: 0.99139192 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000056 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 5:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 GOES 12
TLE line 1: 1 26871U 01031A 25189.74445444 -.00000056 00000-0 00000-0 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 26871 11.5564 40.1131 0004680 305.2229 44.7928 0.99139192 87359
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite GOES 12.
Associated space launch
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites were developed by NASA-Goddard and were transferred to the NOAA weather agency when operational. In addition to the usual weather imager/sounder, GOES-M carried a new solar soft X-ray imager.
GOES 12 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas IIA | GOES 12’, on board a Atlas IIA space rocket.
The launch took place on July 23, 2001, 7:23 a.m. from Launch Complex 36A.
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Atlas IIA | GOES 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 23, 2001, 7:23 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas IIA
Launch pad: Launch Complex 36A
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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