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NOAA 18, 28654

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NOAA 18, 28654 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 20 May 2005 UTC via a DELTA 7320-10C launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

28654, 2005-018A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

Manufacturer

LMSS

Mission

On reserve Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

ATN, Unknown motor

Mass

1,420 kg wet, 1,416 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2005-05-20 (20 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 7320-10C

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 7 m

Radar Cross Section

11.218 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 NOAA 18
1 28654U 05018A   25113.90661185  .00000321  00000-0  19349-3 0  9992
2 28654  98.8424 193.9066 0013112 260.4804  99.4886 14.13582298 27071

Epoch: 2025-04-23T21:45Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-23T21:45:31.263Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

15.34068°

Altitude

851.615 km

Speed

7.426 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 55m 37s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

79.62873°

Longitude

-42.09272°

Altitude

869.867 km

Speed

7.419 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 59m 09s

Apparent Declination

36° 38' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:06:36

Azimuth

349.233° N

Elevation

-12.495°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

853.783 km

Perigee altitude

834.843 km

Semi-major axis

7,222.45 km

Eccentricity

0.0013112

Inclination

98.8424°

RAAN

193.9066°

Arg. of periapsis

260.4804°

True anomaly

99.63676°

Mean anomaly

99.4886°

Eccentric anomaly

99.56268°

Mean motion

3.53603 °/min

BSTAR

0.00019349

Orbital period

101.81 mins

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Other satellites on launch #18 in the year 2005 (2005-05-20 UTC)

DELTA 2 R/B, 28655 (Decayed)

NOAA 18 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
8 mins	2025-04-24 06:22:08.995Z	218.609° SW	2025-04-24 06:26:08.995Z	268.588° W	20.706°	2025-04-24 06:30:08.995Z	316.042° NNW
6 mins	2025-04-24 17:04:08.995Z	57.151° ENE	2025-04-24 17:07:08.995Z	98.088° ESE	19.902°	2025-04-24 17:10:08.995Z	135.704° SSE
8 mins	2025-04-24 18:44:08.995Z	355.128° N	2025-04-24 18:48:08.995Z	273.264° WNW	36.419°	2025-04-24 18:52:08.995Z	219.156° SW
8 mins	2025-04-25 04:29:08.995Z	122.47° SE	2025-04-25 04:32:08.995Z	74.2° E	30.66°	2025-04-25 04:37:08.995Z	4.317° NNE

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