Status
Success
NOAA-N
Launch Time
Fri May 20, 2005 10:22 UTC
Fri May 20, 2005 10:22 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
NOAA-N
NOAA-18, known before launch as NOAA-N, is a weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. 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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,457.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
2005
18th orbital launch attempt
Delta II
119th mission
2nd mission of 2005
117th successful mission
64th consecutive successful mission