NOAA-21 (JPSS-2)

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NOAA-21 (JPSS-2) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 54234

Int'l Code: 2022-150A

Perigee: 833.2 km

Apogee: 834.7 km

Inclination: 98.7 °

Period: 101.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 7204 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 10, 2022
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

NOAA-21 (JPSS-2), or Joint Polar Satellite System-2, is the second of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System. JPSS-2 was launched on 10 November 2022 and joined NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP in the same orbit. Circling the Earth from pole-to-pole, JPSS-2 crosses the equator about 14 times daily, providing full global coverage twice a day.

1 54234U 22150A   23083.27574525  .00000714  00000-0  35913-3 0  9997
2 54234  98.7099  22.5869 0001052  77.4843 282.6451 14.19570421 19007

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC