TIROS N

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TIROS N is classified as:

NOAA

NORAD ID: 11060

Int'l Code: 1978-096A

Perigee: 827.5 km

Apogee: 844.1 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 101.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7206 km

RCS: 5.5506 m² (large)

Launch date: October 13, 1978
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

TIROS-N was an operational meteorological satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS) and for the support of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) during 1978-84. The satellite design provided an economical and stable sun-synchronous platform for advanced operational instruments to measure the earth's atmosphere, its surface and cloudcover, and the near-space environment.

1 11060U 78096A   24325.89585540  .00000330  00000-0  17775-3 0  9994
2 11060  98.5143   0.3168 0011570 102.0755 258.1719 14.19018992597437

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC