NOAA 15

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NOAA 15 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 25338

Int'l Code: 1998-030A

Perigee: 802.3 km

Apogee: 815.5 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 100.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 7179 km

RCS: 5.5361 m² (large)

Launch date: May 13, 1998
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 137.620*/1702.500
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NOAA 15 (designated NOAA-K before launch) is one of the NASA-provided TIROS series of weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. The satellite is placed in a sun-synchronous orbit, 807 km above the Earth, orbiting every 101 minutes. It hosts the AMSU-A and AMSU-B instruments, the AVHRR and High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/3) instruments, as well as a Space Environment Monitor (SEM/2). APT transmission frequency is 137.62 MHz. Due to problems with the S-band transmitter high-gain antennas, NOAA-15 has been configured for High Resolution Picture Transmission using the S-Band Transmitter #2 (1702.5 MHz) omnidirectional antenna.

1 25338U 98030A   25199.86694116  .00000168  00000-0  86848-4 0  9991
2 25338  98.5338 224.0498 0009164 240.8641 119.1623 14.26998233414002

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech