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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          26105.82816634 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00006
2 11964   8.1204 303.4412 0032895 105.1463 242.0723  0.99234251    07
Epoch (UTC): 15 April 2026 19:52:33
Eccentricity: 0.0032895
inclination: 8.1204°
perigee height: 35940 km
apogee height: 36220 km
right ascension of ascending node: 303.4412°
argument of perigee: 105.1463°
revolutions per day: 0.99234251
mean anomaly at epoch: 242.0723°

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

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