NOAA
NORAD ID: 11060
Int'l Code: 1978-096A
Perigee: 831.1 km
Apogee: 848.0 km
Inclination: 99.0 °
Period: 101.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 7210 km
Launch date: October 13, 1978
Source: United States (US)
Comments: TIROS-N was an operational meteorological satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS) and for the support of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) during 1978-84. The satellite design provided an economical and stable sun-synchronous platform for advanced operational instruments to measure the earth's atmosphere, its surface and cloudcover, and the near-space environment.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 11060U 78096A 14205.06312328 .00000021 00000-0 32744-4 0 6663
2 11060 099.0249 228.7108 0011714 118.2158 299.3243 14.17925360 62896
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for TIROS N
