NOAA 13

NORAD 22739 · Payload · In orbit since 1993

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Launched: 1993-08-09 · 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: 840 × 854 km
Inclination: 98.7°
Period: 101.7 min
Eccentricity: 0.0010
Orbit data: Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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