NOAA-14

NOAA-14
NamesNOAA-J
Mission typeWeather
OperatorNOAA
COSPAR ID1994-089A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23455
Mission duration2 years (planned)
12.5 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftTIROS
BusAdvanced TIROS-N
ManufacturerLockheed Martin[1]
Launch mass1,420 kg (3,130 lb) [2]
Dry mass1,050 kg (2,310 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date30 December 1994,
10:02:00 UTC[3]
RocketAtlas-E Star-37S-ISS
(Atlas S/N 11E)
Launch siteVandenberg, SLC-3W
ContractorConvair
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
Last contact23 May 2007 [4]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeSun-synchronous orbit
Perigee altitude845.0 km (525.1 mi)
Apogee altitude859.9 km (534.3 mi)
Inclination98.64°
Period101.80 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]

  1. ^ Vítek, Antonin (28 March 2011). "1994-089A - NOAA-14". Space 40 (in Czech). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WMO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ "POES Decommissioned Satellites". United States Department of Commerce. NOAA. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Display: NOAA 14 1994-089A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.