9. NOAA-6
• Launch mass 723 kg (1,594 lb)
• Launch date 27 June 1979
• Rocket Atlas F 25F
• Deactivated 31 March 1987
• Inclination 98.7
• Period 101.5 minutes
• Instruments AVHRR/1,TOVSTIROS ,SEM,DCPLS
10. NOAA-7
• Launch date` June 23, 1981, 10:52:59 UTC
• Rocket Atlas E/F Star-37S-ISS
• Launch mass 588.9 kilograms (1,298 lb)
• Deactivated June 1986
Inclination 98.87 degrees
Period 101.62 minutes
11. NOAA-(#8 to 14)
• Nation :USA
• Application :Meteorology
• Lifetime :2 years
• minimumMass :1712 kg
• Orbit :SSO
• Launch Vehicle : Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS
12. Instruments used
• Argos DCS (Argos Data Collection System) (on all)
• AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) (on all)
• HIRS/2 (High-resolution Infra Red Sounder / 2) (on all)
• MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit) (on all)
• SSU (Stratospheric Sounding Unit) (on all)
• SEM/MEPED (SEM / Medium energy proton detector) (on all)
• SEM/TED (SEM / Total Energy Detector) (on all)
• ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment) (on #9, 10)
• S&RSAT (Search & Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System) (on #8, 9,
10, 11, 13, 14)
• SBUV/2 (Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet / 2) (on #9, 10, 11, 13)
14. NOAA-15 TO 17
Application :Meteorology
Lifetime :2 years
Min Mass :2232 kg , 1479 kg on orbit
Launch Vehicle : Titan-2(23)G Star-37XFP-ISS
15. Instruments used(15 TO 17)
• AVHRR/3 (advanced very high resolution radiometer
Version 3) for observing daytime and nighttime global cloud
cover
• ATOVS (Advanced TIROS operational vertical sounder) suite,
for obtaining temperature and water-vapor profiles
through the earth's atmosphere. It consists of
– HIRS/3 (High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder Version 3)
– AMSU-A (Microwave Sounding Unit A)
– AMSU-B (Microwave Sounding Unit B)
• SEM-2 (Space environment monitor), which measured the
proton and electron fluxes near the earth
• ARGOS-2 (DCS-2)
• S&RSAT
16. NOAA-18 & 19
Application :Meteorology
Lifetime :2 years
minimumMass :1419 kg on orbit
Orbit :SSO
Launch vehicle : Delta-7320-10C
17. INSRUMENT USED
• AVHRR/3 (advanced very high resolution radiometer
Version 3) for observing daytime and nighttime global cloud
cover
• ATOVS (Advanced TIROS operational vertical sounder) suite,
for obtaining temperature and water-vapor profiles
through the earth's atmosphere. It consists of
– HIRS/4 (High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder Version 3)
– AMSU-A (Microwave Sounding Unit A)
– MHS (Microwave Humidity Sounder)
• SEM-2 (Space environment monitor), which measured the
proton and electron fluxes near the earth
• ARGOS-2 (on NOAA 18) or ARGOS-3 (on NOAA 19) (DCS-2)
• S&RSAT
19. NOAA-20
• Nation :USA
• Application :Meteorology
• Operator :NASA, NOAA
• Lifetime :5 year mission, 7 year design
(NPP); 7 years (JPSS 1)
• Mass :1976 kg (NPP); 2540 kg (JPSS 1)
• Orbit :817 km × 823 km, 98.71° (#NPP)
• Launch Vehicle: Delta-7920-10C
20. INSTRUMENT USED
• Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
(VIIRS)
• Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS)
• Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
(ATMS)
• Ozone Mapper/Profiler Suite (OMPS)
• Clouds and the Earth Radiant Energy System
(CERES)
22. Instrument used
• Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
(VIIRS)
• Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS)
• Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
(ATMS)
• Ozone Mapper/Profiler Suite (OMPS)
• Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI), an
upgraded version of the Clouds and the
Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES)
