NOAA-6 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-6 |
(MI_Platform) platform_22 uuid: 8293A0696425322CE040AC8C5AB453FE identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: NOAA-6 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-6 description: NOAA-6 (A) - Launched on June 27, 1979. Instruments: AVHRR, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SEM and Argos/DCS. Operational Dates: June 27, 1979 to March 5, 1983 and July 3, 1984 to November 16, 1986. NOAA-6 was the first operational satellite in the TIROS-N series and set the record for the longest duration of any polar orbiting meteorological satellite to date. The spacecraft was rectangular shaped (146" long by 74" high) with one large solar panel attached. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed 1594 pounds. In early 1984, only one to two NOAA-6 passes were taken per day due to priorities for NOAA-7 and 8 data. However, when NOAA-8 failed in late June 1984, NOAA-6 was returned to full operational status to continue to provide morning orbit operational data. sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32CE-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743 title: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSO > Office of Satellite Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32D8-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743 title: NASA/GSFC > Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89775F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B88875F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: HIRS/2 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/2 instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89175F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: MSU > Microwave Sounding Unit instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89475F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: SSU > Stratospheric Sounding Unit |