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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
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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
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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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
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