Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
10:02:00
Monday August 9, 1993
NOAA-13, also known as NOAA-I, was a U.S. weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-I continues the third-generation operational, polar-orbiting, meteorological satellite series operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the NOAA.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1,420 kilograms
17th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1993
53rd
Orbital launch attempt