No JavaScript detected Usage of this Website
will be severly limited without JavaScript. Please enable
JavaScript in your Browser.
Satellite:
NOAA-13
Satellite details
Acronym
NOAA-13
Full name
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 13
Satellite Description
9th flight unit of the NOAA 4th generation programme, 6th of the ATN series.
Main mission: operational meteorology.
Significant contribution to Atmospheric chemistry and Space weather.
Mass at launch
1420 kg
Dry mass
740 kg
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Selected global data available from NOAA.
Real-time data available by HRPT (full information) or by APT (reduced image resolution) or by the beacon (low-bit-rate data).
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
820 km
ECT
14:00 asc
Space agency
NOAA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
09 Aug 1993
EOL
21 Aug 1993
Last update:
2021-03-19
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-13
Acronym
Full name
Argos
Argos Data Collection System
AVHRR/2
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer / 2
HIRS/2
High-resolution Infra Red Sounder / 2
MSU
Microwave Sounding Unit
S&RSAT
Search & Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System
SBUV/2
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet / 2
SEM/MEPED
SEM / Medium energy proton detector
SEM/TED
SEM / Total Energy Detector
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
NOAA-13
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed