Weather
NORAD ID: 28654
Int'l Code: 2005-018A
Perigee: 850.8 km
Apogee: 869.8 km
Inclination: 99.1 °
Period: 102.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 7231 km
Launch date: May 20, 2005
Source: United States (US)
Comments: Polar-orbiting satellite; long-range weather forecasting; atmospheric and weather monitoring instruments; data stored on-board and transmitted over Fairbanks, AK and Wallops Island, VA.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28654U 05018A 13143.50211538 .00000133 00000-0 98172-4 0 6238
2 28654 099.0975 111.3664 0013169 278.3981 230.0725 14.11817651412579
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NOAA 18
