Delta II | NOAA 18

Delta II 7320-10C

May 20, 10:22 AM UTC

Mission Elapsed Time

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Mission Details

NOAA-18, known before launch as NOAA-N, is a weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. NOAA-N (18) was launched on May 20, 2005, into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 854 km above the Earth, with an orbital period of 102 minutes. 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.

Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Launch Site

Pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Country: 🇺🇸 USA