Weather
NORAD ID: 28654
Int'l Code: 2005-018A
Perigee: 850.2 km
Apogee: 870.3 km
Inclination: 99.1 °
Period: 102.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 7231 km
Launch date: May 20, 2005
Source: United States (US)
Comments: Polar-orbiting satellite; long-range weather forecasting; atmospheric and weather monitoring instruments; data stored on-board and transmitted over Fairbanks, AK and Wallops Island, VA.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28654U 05018A 13166.46466039 .00000112 00000-0 86717-4 0 6516
2 28654 099.0988 134.6564 0013854 209.6943 302.8154 14.11827109415819
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NOAA 18
