NOAA-14

NOAA-14
Names	NOAA-J
Mission type	Weather
Operator	NOAA
COSPAR ID	1994-089A
SATCAT no.	23455
Mission duration	2 years (planned); 12.5 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	TIROS
Bus	Advanced TIROS-N
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin
Launch mass	1,420 kg (3,130 lb)
Dry mass	1,050 kg (2,310 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	30 December 1994,; 10:02:00 UTC
Rocket	Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS; (Atlas S/N 11E)
Launch site	Vandenberg, SLC-3W
Contractor	Convair
End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Last contact	23 May 2007
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Sun-synchronous orbit
Perigee altitude	845.0 km (525.1 mi)
Apogee altitude	859.9 km (534.3 mi)
Inclination	98.64°
Period	101.80 minutes
AVHRR/2
Instruments
AVHRR/2	Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
TOVS	TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
SEM	Space Environment Monitor
DCS (Argos)	Data Collection System
SARSAT	Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System
RAIDS	Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System
	TIROS program

NOAA-14, also known as NOAA-J before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-14 continued the third-generation operational, Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) series operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-14 continued the series of Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) spacecraft begun with the launch of NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) in 1983.

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