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TIROS N

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TIROS N is classified as:


NORAD ID: 11060
Int'l Code: 1978-096A
Perigee: 830.2 km
Apogee: 844.4 km
Inclination: 98.6 °
Period: 101.5 minutes
Semi major axis: 7208 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.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 11060U 78096A   23150.89146478  .00000192  00000-0  11317-3 0  9994
2 11060  98.5839 199.5248 0009855 216.7796 143.2705 14.18569718520868
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC