TIROS N

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TIROS N is classified as:

NOAA

NORAD ID: 11060

Int'l Code: 1978-096A

Perigee: 830.7 km

Apogee: 846.7 km

Inclination: 98.9 °

Period: 101.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7209 km

RCS: 5.5506 m² (large)

Launch date: October 13, 1978
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

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.

1 11060U 78096A   17229.78575025 -.00000020  00000-0  12252-4 0  9997
2 11060  98.8892 279.8913 0011060 160.1419 200.0189 14.18165225221711

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC