NOAA 18

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NOAA 18 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 28654

Int'l Code: 2005-018A

Perigee: 845.2 km

Apogee: 867.2 km

Inclination: 98.9 °

Period: 101.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 7227 km

RCS: 5.2629 m² (large)

Launch date: May 20, 2005
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 137.9125/1707.000
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NOAA 18, known before launch as NOAA-N, is a weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. NOAA-N (18) was launched into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 854 km above the Earth, with an orbital period of 102 minutes. It hosts the AMSU-A, MHS, AVHRR, Space Environment Monitor SEM/2 instrument and High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) instruments, as well as the SBUV/2 ozone-monitoring instrument. NOAA 18 is the first NOAA POES satellite to use MHS in place of AMSU-B. APT transmission frequency is 137.9125 MHz (NOAA-18 changed frequencies with NOAA-19 on June 23, 2009).

1 28654U 05018A   23275.13342946  .00000352  00000-0  21222-3 0  9992
2 28654  98.9016 348.9694 0015225  78.9035 281.3848 14.13018282946676

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech