NOAA
NORAD ID: 16969
Int'l Code: 1986-073A
Perigee: 790.6 km
Apogee: 807.2 km
Inclination: 98.5 °
Period: 100.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 7177 km
Launch date: September 17, 1986
Source: United States (US)
Comments: NOAA-G (NOAA 10) was a third-generation 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 cloud cover, and the near-space environment.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 16969U 86073A 15061.06285285 .00000158 00000-0 81140-4 0 9996
2 16969 098.4949 083.5020 0011590 213.9854 204.0574 14.27865359480826
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NOAA 10
