NOAA-15

NOAA-15
Spacecraft properties
Artist's impression of NOAA-15 in orbit

Mission type	Weather satellite
Operator	NOAA
COSPAR ID	1998-030A
SATCAT №	25338
Mission duration	2 years^[1]

Spacecraft type	TIROS-N
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Launch mass	1,457 kilograms (3,212 lb)^[2]
Power	830 watts^[3]

Start of mission
Launch date	13 May 1998, 15:52:04 (1998-05-13UTC15:52:04Z) UTC^[4]
Rocket	Titan II(23)G Star-37XFP-ISS
Launch site	Vandenberg SLC-4W

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Sun-synchronous
Semi-major axis	7,184.62 kilometers (4,464.32 mi)^[5]
Eccentricity	0.001007^[5]
Perigee	806 kilometers (501 mi)^[5]
Apogee	820 kilometers (510 mi)^[5]
Inclination	98.77 degrees^[5]
Period	101.01 minutes^[5]
Epoch	24 January 2015, 13:51:02 UTC^[5]

NOAA-15 (designated NOAA-K before launch) is one of the NASA-provided TIROS series of weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. It was launched on 13 May 1998, and is currently operational, 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).^[6]

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.^[7]

References

↑ Krebs, Gunter. "NOAA 15, 16, 17 (NOAA K, L, M)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
↑ "NOAA 15". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
↑ "UCS Satellite Database". Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NOAA 15 Satellite details 1998-030A NORAD 25338". N2YO. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "NOAA-N Prime" (PDF). NP-2008-10-056-GSFC. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
↑ NOAA 15 Spacecraft Status Summary

TIROS satellites

TIROS	TIROS-1 TIROS-2 TIROS-3 TIROS-4 TIROS-5 TIROS-6 TIROS-7 TIROS-8 TIROS-9 TIROS-10

TOS	ESSA-1 ESSA-2 ESSA-3 ESSA-4 ESSA-5 ESSA-6 ESSA-7 ESSA-8 ESSA-9

ITOS	TIROS-M NOAA-1 ITOS-B NOAA-2 NOAA-3 NOAA-4 NOAA-5 ITOS-E

TIROS-N	TIROS-N NOAA-6 NOAA-B NOAA-7

Adv. TIROS-N	NOAA-8 NOAA-9 NOAA-10 NOAA-11 NOAA-12 NOAA-13 NOAA-14 NOAA-15 NOAA-16 NOAA-17 NOAA-18 NOAA-19

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