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NORAD ID: 37849
Int'l Code: 2011-061A
Perigee: 833.3 km
Apogee: 834.7 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.

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1 37849U 11061A   17145.87966979 +.00000006 +00000-0 +23609-4 0  9999
2 37849 098.7344 084.8985 0000961 123.5022 282.7590 14.19548977288939

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC