NOAA 10

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NOAA 10 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 16969

Int'l Code: 1986-073A

Perigee: 792.5 km

Apogee: 811.2 km

Inclination: 98.7 °

Period: 100.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7172 km

RCS: 4.485 m² (large)

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

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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   26024.44775145  .00000318  00000-0  14267-3 0  9991
2 16969  98.6949  17.9461 0013031  59.1929  62.4490 14.29122411 48889

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC