TIROS N

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TIROS N is classified as:

NOAA

NORAD ID: 11060

Int'l Code: 1978-096A

Perigee: 827.1 km

Apogee: 843.7 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 101.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7206 km

RCS: 5.5506 m² (large)

Launch date: October 13, 1978
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

TIROS-N was an operational meteorological satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS) and for the support of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) during 1978-84. The satellite design provided an economical and stable sun-synchronous platform for advanced operational instruments to measure the earth's atmosphere, its surface and cloudcover, and the near-space environment.

1 11060U 78096A   25078.56109180  .00000555  00000-0  28484-3 0  9994
2 11060  98.4985 114.2326 0011548 117.5231 242.7120 14.19134487614260

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC