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SUOMI NPP

NORAD 37849 · Payload · In orbit since 2011

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Launched
2011-10-28 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
2,128 kg
Size
3.6 × 1.4 m · 10 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
826 × 828 km
Inclination
98.8°
Period
101.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0001
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.