NOAA 12

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NOAA 12 is classified as:

NOAA
Weather
Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 21263

Int'l Code: 1991-032A

Perigee: 800.8 km

Apogee: 819.2 km

Inclination: 98.6 °

Period: 100.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 7180 km

RCS: 3.2566 m² (large)

Launch date: May 14, 1991
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 137.620/1701.000
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Polar-orbiting satellite; long-range weather forecasting; atmospheric and weather monitoring instruments; data stored on-board and transmitted over Fairbanks, AK and Wallops Island, VA.

1 21263U 91032A   25341.24969209  .00000242  00000-0  11820-3 0  9998
2 21263  98.6045 327.7674 0012812 226.0636 133.9488 14.26680432797592

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC