NOAA 10

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NOAA 10 is classified as:

NOAA

NORAD ID: 16969

Int'l Code: 1986-073A

Perigee: 796.1 km

Apogee: 814.3 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 100.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7176 km

RCS: 4.485 m² (large)

Launch date: September 17, 1986
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

NOAA-G (NOAA 10) was a third-generation 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 cloud cover, and the near-space environment.

1 16969U 86073A   20264.56931073 -.00000009  00000-0  13472-4 0  9994
2 16969  98.5100 253.6564 0012651  20.6174  87.1738 14.28106181770473

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC