Weather
NORAD ID: 37849
Int'l Code: 2011-061A
Perigee: 832.7 km
Apogee: 835.3 km
Inclination: 98.8 °
Period: 101.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 7205 km
Launch date: October 28, 2011
Source: United States (US)
Comments: NASA launched the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, on Oct. 28, 2011, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NPP was renamed Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, or Suomi NPP. The satellite is the first designed to collect critical data to improve short-term weather forecasts and increase understanding of long-term climate change.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37849U 11061A 13141.86130492 .00000079 00000-0 58102-4 0 4949
2 37849 098.7516 080.6913 0001814 112.4198 312.9711 14.19546591 81082
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NPP
