NOAA-6 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-6 Details
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  • NOAA-6 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-6 Extras
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  • <gmi:MI_Platform xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco" xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd" xmlns:gmi="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi" xmlns:gmx="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmx" xmlns:gsr="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gsr" xmlns="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsd/schema.xsd" id="platform_22" uuid="8293A0696425322CE040AC8C5AB453FE"><gmi:identifier><gmd:MD_Identifier><gmd:code><gco:CharacterString>NOAA-6 &gt; National Oceanic &amp; Atmospheric Administration-6</gco:CharacterString></gmd:code></gmd:MD_Identifier></gmi:identifier><gmi:description><gco:CharacterString>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&quot; long by 74&quot; 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.</gco:CharacterString></gmi:description><gmi:sponsor xlink:href="https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32CE-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743" xlink:title="DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSO &gt; Office of Satellite Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce"/><gmi:sponsor xlink:href="https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32D8-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743" xlink:title="NASA/GSFC &gt; Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA"/><gmi:instrument xlink:href="https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89775F2E040AC8C5AB4576F" xlink:title="AVHRR &gt; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer"/><gmi:instrument xlink:href="https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B88875F2E040AC8C5AB4576F" xlink:title="HIRS/2 &gt; High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/2"/><gmi:instrument xlink:href="https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89175F2E040AC8C5AB4576F" xlink:title="MSU &gt; Microwave Sounding Unit"/><gmi:instrument xlink:href="https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89475F2E040AC8C5AB4576F" xlink:title="SSU &gt; Stratospheric Sounding Unit"/></gmi:MI_Platform>