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GOES 5 - 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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 12472U 81049A   25193.45278802 -.00000265  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 12472   9.9676 317.8893 0002002 284.9024 142.7509  1.00289722119445
Epoch (UTC): 12 July 2025 10:52:00
Eccentricity: 0.0002002
inclination: 9.9676°
perigee height: 35773 km
apogee height: 35789 km
right ascension of ascending node: 317.8893°
argument of perigee: 284.9024°
revolutions per day: 1.00289722
mean anomaly at epoch: 142.7509°
orbit number at epoch: 11944

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

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