Weather
NORAD ID: 37849
Int'l Code: 2011-061A
Perigee: 825.7 km
Apogee: 827.9 km
Inclination: 98.7 °
Period: 101.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 7204 km
Launch date: October 28, 2011
Source: United States (US)
Comments: 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.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37849U 11061A 15062.71756073 .00000142 00000-0 87885-4 0 9997
2 37849 098.6893 003.9555 0001543 068.3861 342.4638 14.19564399173415
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NPP
