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GOES 4 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 11964U          26106.89684543 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00006
2 11964   8.1181 303.4338 0032918 105.2314 263.7787  0.99233968    04
Epoch (UTC): 16 April 2026 21:31:27
Eccentricity: 0.0032918
inclination: 8.1181°
perigee height: 35940 km
apogee height: 36220 km
right ascension of ascending node: 303.4338°
argument of perigee: 105.2314°
revolutions per day: 0.99233968
mean anomaly at epoch: 263.7787°

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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