NOAA
NORAD ID: 11060
Int'l Code: 1978-096A
Perigee: 824.6 km
Apogee: 839.5 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 15063.17173769 .00000162 00000-0 10139-3 0 9990
2 11060 099.0029 095.1988 0010318 199.3961 160.6822 14.18013057 94503
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for TIROS N
