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NOAA-7

NOAA-7 (or NOAA-C, 1981–1985) was launched on 23 June 1981. It had an orbital time of 102 minutes at an inclination of 98.9, a perigee of 845 kilometres (456 nmi) and an apogee of 863 kilometres (466 nmi). NOAA-7 was an operational meteorological satellite for use in the National Operational Environmental Satellite System (NOESS), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was used to support the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) during 1978-1984. The satellite design provided an economical and stable sun synchronous platform for advanced operational instruments to measure the Earth's atmosphere, its surface and cloud cover, and the near space environment.

Launch and service dates

Satellite name Launch date Service start Service end
TIROS-N 13 Oct 1978 19 Oct 1978 30 Jan 1980
NOAA-6 27 Jun 1979 27 Jun 1979 16 Nov 1986
NOAA-7 23 Jun 1981 24 Aug 1981 7 Jun 1986
NOAA-8 28 Mar 1983 3 May 1983 31 Oct 1985
NOAA-9 12 Dec 1984 25 Feb 1985 11 May 1994
NOAA-10 17 Sep 1986 17 Nov 1986 Present
NOAA-11 24 Sep 1988 8 Nov 1988 13 Sep 1994
NOAA-12 13 May 1991 14 May 1991 15 Dec 1994
NOAA-14 30 Dec 1994 30 Dec 1994 23 May 2007
NOAA-15 13 May 1998 13 May 1998 Present
NOAA-16 21 Sep 2000 21 Sep 2000 Present
NOAA-17 24 Jun 2002 24 Jun 2002 Present
NOAA-18 20 May 2005 30 Aug 2005 Present
NOAA-19 6 Feb 2009 2 Jun 2009 Present
MetOp-A EUMETSAT announcement of operational data dissemination 19 Oct 2006 20 Jun 2007 Present
TIROS/NOAA dates from USGS website USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science AVHRR page and from NOAA POES Status website NOAA POES Status
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