NOAA-18

NOAA-18
	Computer-generated image of NOAA-18 in orbit
Mission type	Weather satellite
Operator	NOAA
COSPAR ID	2005-018A
SATCAT no.	28654
Mission duration	2 years
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	TIROS-N
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Launch mass	1,457 kilograms (3,212 lb)
Power	830 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	May 20, 2005, 10:22:01 UTC
Rocket	Delta II 7320-10C
Launch site	Vandenberg SLC-2W
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Sun-synchronous
Semi-major axis	7,230.05 kilometers (4,492.54 mi)
Eccentricity	0.0014261
Perigee altitude	848 kilometers (527 mi)
Apogee altitude	869 kilometers (540 mi)
Inclination	99.17 degrees
Period	101.97 minutes
Epoch	January 24, 2015, 12:53:56 UTC
	Advanced TIROS-N ← NOAA-17 NOAA-19 →

NOAA-18, known before launch as NOAA-N, is a weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. NOAA-N (18) was launched on May 20, 2005,^[6] into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 854 km above the Earth, with an orbital period of 102 minutes.^[7] It hosts the AMSU-A, MHS, AVHRR, Space Environment Monitor SEM/2 instrument and High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) instruments, as well as the SBUV/2 ozone-monitoring instrument.^[8] It is the first NOAA POES satellite to use MHS in place of AMSU-B. NOAA-18 also hosts Cospas-Sarsat payloads.

APT transmission frequency is 137.9125 MHz (NOAA-18 changed frequencies with NOAA-19 on June 23, 2009).^[9]

External Links

Orbital Tracking

References

^ Krebs, Gunter. "NOAA 18, 19 (NOAA N, N')". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
^ "NOAA 18". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
^ "UCS Satellite Database". Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NOAA 18 Satellite details 2005-018A NORAD 28654". N2YO. January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
^ "NOAA-N Prime" (PDF). NP-2008-10-056-GSFC. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. December 16, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ "Spacecraft Status Summary". Archived from the original on November 18, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ "NOAA-N" (PDF). Osd.noaa.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
^ "software to decode APT and WEFAX signals from weather satellites". WXtoImg. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

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[1] Krebs, Gunter. "NOAA 18, 19 (NOAA N, N')". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

[nssdc-2] "NOAA 18". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

[UCS-3] "UCS Satellite Database". Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved December 8, 2013.

[launchlog-4] McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved December 9, 2013.

[n2yo-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "NOAA 18 Satellite details 2005-018A NORAD 28654". N2YO. January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.

[6] "NOAA-N Prime" (PDF). NP-2008-10-056-GSFC. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. December 16, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[7] "Spacecraft Status Summary". Archived from the original on November 18, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[8] "NOAA-N" (PDF). Osd.noaa.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

[9] "software to decode APT and WEFAX signals from weather satellites". WXtoImg. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

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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 ← 2004 Orbital launches in 2005 2006 →
January	Deep Impact Kosmos 2414, Universitetsky-Tatyana
February	AMC-12 USA-181 XTAR-EUR, Maqsat-B2 (Sloshsat-FLEVO) Himawari 6 Progress M-52 (TNS-0)
March	XM-3 Inmarsat-4 F1 Ekspress AM-2
April	USA-165 Apstar 6 Soyuz TMA-6 DART Spaceway 1 USA-182
May	Cartosat-1, HAMSAT NOAA-18 DirecTV-8 Foton-M No.2
June	Progress-M 53 Molniya-3K No.12 Cosmos 1 Intelsat Americas 8 Ekspress AM-3
July	Shijian 7 Suzaku STS-114 (Raffaello MPLM)
August	FSW-4 2 Thaicom 4 MRO Kirari, Reimei Monitor-E FSW-3 3
September	Kosmos 2415 Progress-M 54 (RadioSkaf) Anik F1R USA-183 USA-185
October	Soyuz TMA-7 CryoSat Shenzhou 6 Syracuse 3A, Galaxy 15 USA-186 Beijing-1, TopSat, Sina-1, SSETI Express (CubeSat Xi-V, UWE-1, nCUBE-2), Mozhaets-5, Rubin-5
November	Inmarsat-4 F2 Venus Express Spaceway-2, Telkom-2
December	Progress-M 55 Gonets-M No.1, Kosmos 2416 Meteosat 9, INSAT-4A Kosmos 2417, Kosmos 2418, Kosmos 2419 GIOVE-A AMC-23
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).