Mission type | Meteorology |
---|---|
Operator | ESSA (1969-70) NOAA (1970-72) |
COSPAR ID | 1969-016A |
SATCAT no. | 3764 |
Mission duration | 1,726 days (achieved) 55 years, 8 months and 30 days (in orbit) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 145 kilograms (320 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | February 26, 1969, 07:47:01[1] | UTC
Rocket | Delta E1 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-17B |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Decommissioned |
Deactivated | November 1972 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Semi-major axis | 7,843.18 kilometers (4,873.53 mi) |
Eccentricity | 0.00508 |
Perigee altitude | 1,432 kilometers (890 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 1,512 kilometers (940 mi) |
Inclination | 101.99 degrees |
Period | 115.21 minutes |
Mean motion | 12.49 |
Epoch | December 7, 2013, 20:28:49 UTC[2] |
Instruments | |
Advanced Vidicon Camera System (AVCS), Flat Plate Radiometer (FPR)[3] | |
ESSA-9, also known as TOS-G, was a meteorological satellite.[4] Its name was derived from that of its oversight agency, the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA). ESSA-9 replaced the ESSA-7 satellite.