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- [Source: NASA Portal, http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NOAA-N-Prime/main/index.html ]
The Delta II carrying NOAA-N Prime lifted off Feb. 6, 2009 at 2:22 a.m. Pacific time, 5:22 a.m. Eastern time from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
[Image and Text Source: NOAA-N Prime Spacecraft web page, http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/poes/spacecraft/noaanprime_spacecraft.html ]
NOAA-N Prime will be the last in the series of TIROS ATN. NOAA-N' has a planned launch date of February 2009 from Vandenberg AFB, CA by a Delta II launch vehicle. The spacecraft will continue to provide a polar-orbiting platform to support (1) environmental monitoring instruments for imaging and measuring the Earth's atmosphere, its surface, and cloud cover, including Earth radiation, atmospheric ozone, aerosol distribution, sea surface temperature, and vertical temperature and water profiles in the troposphere and stratosphere; (2) measurement of proton and electron flux at orbit altitude; (3) data collection from remote platforms; and (4) the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system. Additionally, NOAA-N' will be the fifth in the series of support dedicated microwave instruments for the generation of temperature, moisture, surface, and hydrological products in cloudy regions where visible and infrared (IR) instruments have decreased capability. This spacecraft will carry an Advanced - DCS instead of the previous DCS. More Information: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/poes/spacecraft/noaanprime_spacecraft.html Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: NOAA-19 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) Short_Name: NOAA-19 Long_Name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: SARR Short_Name: SEM-2 Short_Name: SBUV/2 Short_Name: MHS Short_Name: HIRS/4 Short_Name: AVHRR-3 Short_Name: AMSU-A End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2009-01-23 Online_Resource: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/poes/index.html Online_Resource: http://www.osd.noaa.gov/POES/noaa_n_prime.htm Online_Resource: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/poes/Goes_N_Prime.pdf Online_Resource: http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm/nnpsupp.htm Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NOAA-N-Prime/main/index.html Sample_Image: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/poes/gallery/N%20Prime/unpacking/Unpacking-5_800px.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2009-02-06 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA Primary_Sponsor: USA/NOAA End_Group End_Group
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