NOAA-10

NOAA-10
Mission type	Weather
Operator	NOAA
COSPAR ID	1986-073A
SATCAT no.	16969
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	GE Astrospace
Launch mass	1,418 kilograms (3,126 lb)
Dry mass	735 kilograms (1,620 lb)
Dimensions	Spacecraft: 3.71 m × 1.88 m (12.2 ft × 6.2 ft); Solar array: 2.37 m × 4.91 m (7.8 ft × 16.1 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date	September 17, 1986, 15:52 UTC
Rocket	Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS
Launch site	Vandenberg SLC-3W
End of mission
Last contact	August 30, 2001
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Sun-synchronous
Eccentricity	0.00256
Perigee altitude	833 kilometers (518 mi)
Apogee altitude	870 kilometers (540 mi)
Inclination	98.594°
Period	101.5 minutes
Epoch	1986-09-17
	Advanced TIROS-N ← NOAA-9 NOAA-11 →

NOAA-10, also known as NOAA-G, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called Advanced TIROS-N, being the second of the series.^[2] NOAA-10 was launched on an Atlas E rocket on September 17, 1986 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, United States.

The last contact occurred on August 30, 2001.^[3]

Instruments

ARGOS Data Collection System
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
High-resolution Infra Red Sounder
Microwave Sounding Unit
Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet
Stratospheric Sounding Unit
SEM/Medium energy proton detector
SEM/Total Energy Detector^[3]

References

^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
^ ^a ^b NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center. "NOAA-10". NSSDCA. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Satellite: NOAA-10". World Meteorological Organization. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

External links

NOAA 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (NOAA E, F, G, H, D, I, J). Gunter's Space Page
NOAA 12. TSE

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[launchlog-1] McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

[nssdc-2] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center. "NOAA-10". NSSDCA. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

[wmo-3] "Satellite: NOAA-10". World Meteorological Organization. July 28, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

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v t e TIROS satellites
TIROS	TIROS-1 TIROS-2 TIROS-3 TIROS-4 TIROS-5 TIROS-6 TIROS-7 TIROS-8 TIROS-9 TIROS-10
TOS	ESSA-1 ESSA-2 ESSA-3 ESSA-4 ESSA-5 ESSA-6 ESSA-7 ESSA-8 ESSA-9
ITOS	TIROS-M NOAA-1 ITOS-B NOAA-2 NOAA-3 NOAA-4 NOAA-5 ITOS-E
TIROS-N	TIROS-N NOAA-6 NOAA-B NOAA-7
Adv. TIROS-N	NOAA-8 NOAA-9 NOAA-10 NOAA-11 NOAA-12 NOAA-13 NOAA-14 NOAA-15 NOAA-16 NOAA-17 NOAA-18 NOAA-19

v t e ← 1985 Orbital launches in 1986 1987 →
January	Shiyong Tongbu Tongxin Weixing 1 Kosmos 1729 Kosmos 1730 Kosmos 1731 USA-15, USA-16, USA-17, USA-18 Kosmos 1732 Yuri 2b Mir / Core Kosmos 1733 SPOT-1, Viking Kosmos 1734 Kosmos 1735 STS-51-L (TDRS-B, SPARTAN-203)
February	Soyuz T-15 Progress 25 Kosmos 1736 Kosmos 1737 Unnamed GStar-2, Brasilsat A2
March	Kosmos 1738 Kosmos 1739 Kosmos 1740 Kosmos 1741 KH-9 No.1220, Pearl Ruby Molniya-3 No.43 Progress 26
April	GOES-G Kosmos 1742 Kosmos 1743 Soyuz TM-1 Kosmos 1744 Kosmos 1745 Ekran No.30L Meteor-2 No.18 Kosmos 1746 Kosmos 1747 Intelsat VA F-14
May	Kosmos 1748, Kosmos 1749, Kosmos 1750, Kosmos 1751, Kosmos 1752, Kosmos 1753, Kosmos 1754, Kosmos 1755 Kosmos 1756 Gorizont No.24L Kosmos 1757 Kosmos 1758 Kosmos 1759 Kosmos 1760 Molniya-3 No.44
June	Kosmos 1761 Kosmos 1762 Kosmos 1763 Kosmos 1764 Kosmos 1765 Kosmos 1766 Kosmos 1767 Molniya-1 No.59
July	Kosmos 1768 Kosmos 1769 Kosmos 1770 Ajisai, Fuji 1a, Jindai Kosmos 1771 Kosmos 1772 Kosmos 1773 Kosmos 1774
August	Kosmos 1775 Kosmos 1776 Molniya-1 No.57 USA-19 Kosmos 1777 Kosmos 1778, Kosmos 1779, Kosmos 1780 Kosmos 1781 NOAA-10 Kosmos 1782
September	Kosmos 1783 Fanhui Shi Weixing 9 Kosmos 1784 Unnamed Kosmos 1785 Molniya-3 No.41 Kosmos 1786 Kosmos 1787 Gran' No.30L Kosmos 1788 Kosmos 1789
October	Kosmos 1790 Kosmos 1791 Kosmos 1792 Polar Bear Molniya-1 No.60 Gorizont No.22L Kosmos 1793 Kosmos 1794, Kosmos 1795, Kosmos 1796, Kosmos 1797, Kosmos 1798, Kosmos 1799, Kosmos 1800, Kosmos 1801 Kosmos 1802 Mech-K No.303
November	Kosmos 1715 Kosmos 1716, Kosmos 1717, Kosmos 1718, Kosmos 1719, Kosmos 1720, Kosmos 1721, Kosmos 1722, Kosmos 1723 STS-61-C (Satcom K1) Kosmos 1724 Kosmos 1725 Kosmos 1726 Gran' No.29L Kosmos 1727 Kosmos 1728
December	Kosmos 1803 Kosmos 1804 USA-20 Kosmos 1805 Kosmos 1806 Kosmos 1807 Kosmos 1808 Kosmos 1809 Kosmos 1810 Molniya-1 No.62
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).