NOAA-8 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-8 |
(MI_Platform) platform_24 uuid: 8293A069642B322CE040AC8C5AB453FE identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: NOAA-8 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-8 description: NOAA-8 (E)- Launched: March 1983. Instruments: AVHRR, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SEM and SARSAT (SARR, SARP). Operational dates: June 20, 1983-June 12, 1984 and July 1, 1985-October 31, 1985. The first operational satellite in the Advanced TIROS-N series. The spacecraft was rectangular shaped (166" long by 74" high) and powered by a 191" by 94" solar array. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed approximately 2000 pounds. It was placed in a near circular, (450nm) polar orbit. Also included a Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system. 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 |