NOAA 11

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NOAA 11 is classified as:

NOAA

NORAD ID: 19531

Int'l Code: 1988-089A

Perigee: 839.7 km

Apogee: 857.5 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   19048.68776629 -.00000024  00000-0  89649-5 0  9993
2 19531  98.4653  89.1973 0012331  84.2572 276.0008 14.15237135569107

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC