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NOAA 18
Delta II 7320-10CUnited States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 2W
Friday, May 20, 2005 · 10:22 AM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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, into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 854 km above the Earth, with an orbital period of 102 minutes. 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. It is the first NOAA POES satellite to use MHS in place of AMSU-B. NOAA-18 also hosts Cospas-Sarsat payloads.
PayloadNOAA 18
OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
CustomerUnited States Air Force
Stages0
PadSpace Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Site lock
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.756°N, 120.622°W
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
