Geostationary
GOES 18
Geostationary Weather · NOAA / NASA
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The newest GOES-West satellite provides the most detailed surveillance of the Pacific Ocean and western North America ever achieved from geostationary orbit. It simultaneously watches for California wildfires, tracks Pacific typhoons toward Hawaii, monitors Alaskan volcanoes, and detects Rocky Mountain lightning — all in real time from 22,200 miles up.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,243 mi (35,793–35,796 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 51850
- Int’l designator
- 2022-021A
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.