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NPP is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 37849

Int'l Code: 2011-061A

Perigee: 833.3 km

Apogee: 834.9 km

Inclination: 98.7 °

Period: 101.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 7205 km

RCS: 6.234 m² (large)

Launch date: October 28, 2011
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

NASA launched the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, on Oct. 28, 2011, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NPP was renamed Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, or Suomi NPP. The satellite is the first designed to collect critical data to improve short-term weather forecasts and increase understanding of long-term climate change.

1 37849U 11061A   16267.93203508  .00000020  00000-0  30358-4 0  9997
2 37849  98.7270 204.6305 0001132 128.2131 273.2318 14.19532505254317

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC