| definition
| - NOAA-13 (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) Weather Satellite:
Objective:
To continue the Advanced TIROS-N program by working as a
companion with NOAA-10, 11 and 12 in order to provide continuous
coverage of the Earth and to provide high-resolution global
meteorological data.
Description:
The spacecraft was launched on August 9, 1993 at Vandenberg Air
Force Base, California on board the Atlas E.
The spacecraft was rectangularly shaped (166" long by 74" high)
and powered by a 191" by 94" solar array. The satellite was
Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed approximately
2200 pounds. NOAA-13 was the sixth operational satellite in the
Advanced TIROS-N series. The satellite carried the AVHRR, TOVS,
and the solar proton monitor. All of which were present on
previous NOAA satellites. The ERBE instruments, the SBUV
radiometer and the SARSAT systems were also flown on this
satellite.
NOAA-13 was placed in a near circular, (470nm) polar orbit. The
spacecraft and its systems operated successfully for 12 days
until a circuit failure resulted in a power loss aboard the
craft. At this time the spacecraft is still in its polar orbit;
however, no data is being received.
Specifications:
Prime contractor: GE Astro
Platform: evolved from NOAA 2nd generation
Mass at launch: 1420 kg
Mass in orbit: ~1050 kg
Dimension: 4.18 m long x 1.88 m diameter
Stabilization: 3-axis
Design lifetime: 3 years
APT downlink freq: 137.620 MHz (standby)
HRPT downlink freq: 1698.0 MHz
Beacon: 136.770 MHz
Payload:
AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer:
Wavebands:
0.58-0.68 µm (visible): cloud, snow and ice monitoring
0.725-1.10 µm (near IR): water, vegetation and agriculture surveys
3.55-3.93 µm (near IR): sea surface temperature, volcano, forest
fire activity 10.3-11.3 µm (thermal IR): sea surface
temperature, soil moisture 11.3-12.5 µm (thermal IR): sea
surface temperature, soil moisture Resolution: 1.1 km Swath
width: 3000 km
TOVS (Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder):
HIRS/2 (High Resolution IR Sounder): 20 channels in the 0.69 -
14 - 95 µm band; 17.4 km resolution
SSU (Stratospheric Sounding Unit): step-scanned far IR
spectrometer with 3 channels in the CO² absorption band (15
µm);147.3 km resolution
MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit): passive 4-channel radiometer
operating around 55 GHz; 109 km resolution
PARTICIPANTS:
NASA, USAF, ITT, Martin Marietta AstroSpace, Ball Aerospace,
Marconi, JPL, Loral, NOAA, National Weather Service.
[Summary provided by NOAA and The Satellite Encyclopedia]
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: NOAA-13
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Platform_Series_or_Entity: NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites)
Short_Name: NOAA-13
Long_Name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-13
End_Group
Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: ATLES E
End_Group
Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: TOVS
Short_Name: HIRS/2
Short_Name: MSU
Short_Name: SSU
End_Group
Group: Orbit
Period: 12 days
End_Group
Creation_Date: 2007-11-05
Online_R source: http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/podug/html/c1/sec1 49.htm
Sampl _Image: http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/podug/images/guide/f14 -3.gif
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1993-08-09
Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA
Design_Life: 3-years
Primary_Sponsor: NASA
End_Group
End_Group (en)
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