Search & rescue
NORAD ID: 33591
Int'l Code: 2009-005A
Perigee: 850.7 km
Apogee: 872.1 km
Inclination: 98.9 °
Period: 102.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 7232 km
Launch date: February 6, 2009
Source: United States (US)
Comments: NOAA-19 is the fifth in a series of five Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) with advanced microwave sounding instruments that provide imaging and sounding capabilities.
Circling 530 statute miles [850 km] above Earth and completing a revolution every 100 minutes, the NOAA-N Prime will operate in the so-called "afternoon" polar orbit to replace NOAA-18 and its degraded instruments. The orbit crosses the equator from south to north at 2 p.m. on the trips around the planet. NOAA-N Prime is outfitted with instruments that provide imagery, atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, and land and ocean surface temperature observations, all of which are key ingredients for weather forecasting. In addition, the information generates decades-long databases for climate monitoring and global change studies. In addition, the NOAA satellites are equipped with search and rescue packages that detect distress signals from emergency beacons. Over the past 26 years, the network has been credited with more than 24,000 rescues worldwide.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33591U 09005A 13139.46704698 .00000296 00000-0 18725-3 0 8033
2 33591 098.9021 081.7604 0014823 147.5355 319.7933 14.11500662220449
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NOAA 19
