NOAA 11

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NOAA 11 is classified as:

NOAA

NORAD ID: 19531

Int'l Code: 1988-089A

Perigee: 840.4 km

Apogee: 856.8 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 101.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7219 km

RCS: 4.5614 m² (large)

Launch date: September 24, 1988
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

NOAA 11 was a third-generation operational meteorological satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS) and for 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 19531U 88089A   19140.59696061 -.00000028 +00000-0 +64098-5 0  9992
2 19531 098.4505 176.3851 0011351 172.4548 187.6800 14.15240730581859

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC