Geos 2

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/10981

  • GEOS 2
  • NORAD 10981
  • 1978-071A
  • Inclined geosynchronous

Current orbit

Where Geos 2 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Indian Ocean

Orbit ends over the Indian Ocean

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Geos 2 go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for Geos 2, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint to see with the naked eye from anywhere on Earth.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

Summary

Over the Indian Ocean LIVE

Where is Geos 2?

At 5:40:09 PM UTC Geos 2 was over the Indian Ocean (4.9° N, 82.9° E), 36,050 km up, moving at 3.07 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Geos 2?

A satellite in an inclined geosynchronous orbit, in space since Jul 14, 1978.

Can I see Geos 2?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Geos 2, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
European Space Agency
State
European Space Agency
Built by
British Aerospace (BAe) Systems
Launched
Mass
270 kg
Operating
Orbit class
Inclined geosynchronous

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
5:40 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
5:40 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
4.9° N, 82.9° E
Altitude
36,050 km
Speed
3.07 km/s (11,034 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
5.2°
Orbital period
1,449.1 minutes
Orbits per day
0.99
This orbit
36,015 to 36,068 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 7,950 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM, 16 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM, 16 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Geos 2, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Geos 2 has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 PM, 3 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM, 16 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "GEOS 2",
  "OBJECT_ID": "1978-071A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T01:05:39.378624",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 0.99373954,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00062752,
  "INCLINATION": 5.2188,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 285.2651,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 356.8091,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 226.5558,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 10981,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 17542,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -1.2e-7,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}