GOES 4 AKM
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About This Satellite
GOES 4 AKM is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 11970 with international designator 80074C. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by THKE, on the Star 27 platform, with a launch mass of about 440 kg, with a shape described as Cyl. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its HEO orbit had an apogee of about 49.969 km and a perigee near 34.087 km, with an inclination of 16.24° and a period of roughly 1766.1 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 2.43 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, GOES 4 AKM's apogee was 49.969 km, where its speed was about 2.43 km/s, completing about 0.8 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.