TIROS N

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TIROS N is classified as:

NOAA

NORAD ID: 11060

Int'l Code: 1978-096A

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   26286.63656405  .00000094  00000-0  64489-4 0  9995
2 11060  98.4502 302.3098 0009249 257.8420 102.1721 14.19402237695552

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC