NOAA-15

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NOAA-15 is a U.S. weather and environmental monitoring satellite that provides global data for forecasting, climate research, and environmental observation from a polar orbit.

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NOAA-15 canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf polar-orbiting satellite ⓘ
weather satellite ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NOAA-K ⓘ
altitude approximately 807 km ⓘ
bus TIROS-N satellite bus ⓘ
COSPARId 1998-030A ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States ⓘ
dataUsedFor atmospheric sounding ⓘ
climate research ⓘ
cloud cover analysis ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ
sea surface temperature analysis ⓘ
weather forecasting ⓘ
inclination 98.7 degrees ⓘ
instrument AMSU-A ⓘ
AMSU-B ⓘ
AVHRR/3 ⓘ
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A ⓘ
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B ⓘ
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ⓘ
HIRS/3 ⓘ
linked to: HIRS

High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder ⓘ
SBUV/2 ⓘ
SEM-2 ⓘ
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer-2 ⓘ
Space Environment Monitor-2 ⓘ
launchDate 1998-05-13 ⓘ
launchSite Space Launch Complex 4W ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
launchVehicle Titan II ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed Martin ⓘ
missionType climate monitoring ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
NORADId 25338 ⓘ
operator NOAA ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
orbitalPeriod approximately 101 minutes ⓘ
orbitType Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
near-polar orbit ⓘ
partOfConstellation NOAA POES constellation ⓘ
preLaunchDesignation NOAA-K ⓘ
program NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites ⓘ
POES ⓘ
providesDataTo National Weather Service ⓘ
global meteorological agencies ⓘ
spaceAgency NOAA ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
successor NOAA-18 ⓘ
NOAA-19 ⓘ

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