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Satellite Programme: NOAA 4th generation / Polar Operational Environmental Satellites
Programme details
Programme description
Series of 7 satellites following the first three of the NOAA 4th generation programme. Introduced the denomination POES (Polar Operational Environmental Satellites).
Improvements in respect of the first three satellites based on the TIROS-N platform: more performing plafform (ATN, Advanced TIROS-N) and introduction of the S&RSAR mission.
Programme managed end-to-end by NOAA.
The satellites are actively stabilised over 3 axes.
The design lifetime is 3 years.
Two sunsynchronous orbits exploited at any time, around 7:30 and 14:30.
The replacement policy is based on launching satellites at roughly 2-year intervals, alternatively in the 7:30 or 14:30 orbits.
See detailed description at
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/SpacecraftQuery.jsp
Data circulation
Selected global data stored onboard and downlinked to the CDA (Command and Data Acquisition station) at Fairbanks.
Real-time data broadcast in full resolution (HRPT) and selected frames (APT); and through the beacon (low-bit-rate data).
Agencies
NOAA
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NASA
Programme lifetime
1983 - 2007
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned
NOAA 4th generation / Polar Operational Environmental Satellites
NOAA-8
(1983-1985)
Argos
AVHRR
HIRS/2
MSU
S&RSAT
SEM/MEPED
SEM/TED
SSU
NOAA-9
(1984-1998)
Argos
AVHRR/2
ERBE
HIRS/2
MSU
S&RSAT
SBUV/2
SEM/MEPED
SEM/TED
SSU
NOAA-10
(1986-2001)
Argos
AVHRR
ERBE
HIRS/2
MSU
S&RSAT
SBUV/2
SEM/MEPED
SEM/TED
NOAA-11
(1988-2004)
Argos
AVHRR/2
HIRS/2
MSU
S&RSAT
SBUV/2
SSU
NOAA-12
(1991-2007)
Argos
AVHRR/2
HIRS/2
MSU
SEM/MEPED
SEM/TED
NOAA-13
(1993-1993)
Argos
AVHRR/2
HIRS/2
MSU
S&RSAT
SBUV/2
SEM/MEPED
SEM/TED
NOAA-14
(1994-2007)
Argos
AVHRR/2
HIRS/2
MSU
S&RSAT
SBUV/2
SEM/MEPED
SEM/TED
SSU