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NOAA 10

NORAD 16969 · Payload · In orbit since 1986

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Launched
1986-09-17 · 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
787 × 802 km
Inclination
98.7°
Period
100.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0010
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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