TIROS N

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TIROS N is classified as:

NOAA

NORAD ID: 11060

Int'l Code: 1978-096A

Perigee: 831.0 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   16269.12084261 -.00000002  00000-0  21317-4 0  9997
2 11060  98.9354 312.0244 0010883  23.4793 336.6877 14.18126190175413

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC