BackForward Satellite: NOAA-1 

Satellite details
Acronym NOAA-1
Full name National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 1
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 2nd flight unit of the NOAA/ITOS programme.
  • Main mission: cloud imagery.
  • Significant contribution to radiation budget and Space weather.
Mass at launch 306 kg Dry mass
Power
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • Selected global data available from NOAA.
  • Real-time availability of full resolution images by HRPT and image segments by APT.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 1450 km
ECT 13:30 asc

 

Space agency NOAA , NASA
Status Inactive
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 11 Dec 1970 EOL 19 Aug 1971
Last update: 2015-07-28
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on NOAA-1

Acronym Full name
APT Automatic Picture Transmission
AVCS Advanced Vidicon Camera System
FPR Flat Plate Radiometer
SPM Solar Proton Monitor
SR Scanning Radiometer
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