Names | NOAA-J | ||||||||||||||
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Mission type | Weather | ||||||||||||||
Operator | NOAA | ||||||||||||||
COSPAR ID | 1994-089A | ||||||||||||||
SATCAT no. | 23455 | ||||||||||||||
Mission duration | 2 years (planned) 12.5 years (achieved) | ||||||||||||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||
Spacecraft | TIROS | ||||||||||||||
Bus | Advanced TIROS-N | ||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin[1] | ||||||||||||||
Launch mass | 1,420 kg (3,130 lb) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Dry mass | 1,050 kg (2,310 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Start of mission | |||||||||||||||
Launch date | 30 December 1994, 10:02:00 UTC[3] | ||||||||||||||
Rocket | Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS (Atlas S/N 11E) | ||||||||||||||
Launch site | Vandenberg, SLC-3W | ||||||||||||||
Contractor | Convair | ||||||||||||||
End of mission | |||||||||||||||
Disposal | Decommissioned | ||||||||||||||
Last contact | 23 May 2007 [4] | ||||||||||||||
Orbital parameters | |||||||||||||||
Reference system | Geocentric orbit | ||||||||||||||
Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit | ||||||||||||||
Perigee altitude | 845.0 km (525.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||
Apogee altitude | 859.9 km (534.3 mi) | ||||||||||||||
Inclination | 98.64° | ||||||||||||||
Period | 101.80 minutes | ||||||||||||||
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NOAA-14, also known as NOAA-J before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-14 continued the third-generation operational, Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) series operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-14 continued the series of Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) spacecraft begun with the launch of NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) in 1983.[5]
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