NOAA-15 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-15 |
(MI_Platform) platform_31 uuid: 8293A069643D322CE040AC8C5AB453FE identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: NOAA-15 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-15 description: NOAA-15 (K) - Launch: May 13, 1998. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/3, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B), SEM/2, SARSAT (SARR, SARP/2), Argos/DCS/2 Operational dates: December 15, 1998 to Present. Operational Status: AM Secondary. NOAA-15 was placed in a near circular, (450nm) polar orbit. It is the seventh operational satellite in the Advanced TIROS-N series. It is the first in the series to support dedicated microwave instruments for the generation of temperature, moisture and surface hydrological products in cloudy regions where visible and infrared instruments have reduced capabilities. The spacecraft was rectangular shaped (4.2m long by 1.88m high) and powered by a 6.14m by 2.73m solar array. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed approximately 2200 kg. 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/8293FAD4B86475F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: AVHRR/3 > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B88B75F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: HIRS/3 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/3 instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B88575F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: AMSU-A > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B88275F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: AMSU-B > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit B instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86D032BB-C511-8BFC-E040-0AC8C5AB42D97 title: SEM-2 > Space Environment Monitor-2 |