NOAA 9

NORAD 15427 · Payload · In orbit since 1984

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Launched: 1984-12-12 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator: US (United States)
Object type: Payload
Purpose: Meteorology
Mass: 1,030 kg
Size: 4.2 × 1.9 m · 8 m deployed
Orbit class: LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee: 825 × 845 km
Inclination: 99.1°
Period: 101.5 min
Eccentricity: 0.0014
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).