GOES-18

GOES-18

GOES-T in the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida in January 2022
Mission type	Weather and Meteorology
Operator	NOAA / NASA
COSPAR ID	2022-021A[1]
SATCAT no.	51850
Mission duration	15 years (planned) 1 year, 10 months, 13 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	GOES
Spacecraft type	GOES-R Series
Bus	LM-A2100A
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Launch mass	5,192 kg (11,446 lb)
Dry mass	2,857 kg (6,299 lb)
Dimensions	6.1 × 5.6 × 3.9 m (20 × 18 × 13 ft)
Power	4 kW
Start of mission
Launch date	1 March 2022, 21:38 UTC
Rocket	Atlas V 541
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, SLC-41
Contractor	United Launch Alliance
Entered service	3 January 2023
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	136.9° west
Semi-major axis	42,164.0 km (26,199.5 mi)
Eccentricity	0.0001730
Perigee altitude	35,957 km (22,343 mi)
Apogee altitude	35,972 km (22,352 mi)
Inclination	0.0558°
Period	24 hours
Epoch	June 2, 2022[2][3]
Instruments ABI Advanced Baseline Imager GLM Geostationary Lightning Mapper EXIS Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors SUVI Solar Ultraviolet Imager MAG Magnetometer SEISS Space Environment In-Situ Suite
GOES-T mission insignia GOES-R Series ← GOES-17 GOES-U →

GOES-18 (designated pre-launch as GOES-T) is the third of the "GOES-R Series", the current generation of weather satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The current and next satellites of the Series (GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18, and GOES-19) will extend the availability of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite system until 2037. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado. It is based on the A2100A satellite bus and will have an expected useful life of 15 years (10 operational after five years in orbit replacement).^[4]