NOAA-14
| Names | NOAA-J | ||||||||||||||
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| Mission type | Weather | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | NOAA | ||||||||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 1994-089A | ||||||||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 23455 | ||||||||||||||
| Mission duration | 2 years (planned) 12.5 years (achieved) | ||||||||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||
| Spacecraft | TIROS | ||||||||||||||
| Bus | Advanced TIROS-N | ||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin | ||||||||||||||
| Launch mass | 1,420 kg (3,130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Dry mass | 1,050 kg (2,310 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||||||||
| Launch date | 30 December 1994, 10:02:00 UTC | ||||||||||||||
| Rocket | Atlas-E Star-37S-ISS (Atlas S/N 11E) | ||||||||||||||
| Launch site | Vandenberg, SLC-3W | ||||||||||||||
| Contractor | Convair | ||||||||||||||
| End of mission | |||||||||||||||
| Disposal | Decommissioned | ||||||||||||||
| Last contact | 23 May 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||||||||||||
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit | ||||||||||||||
| Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit | ||||||||||||||
| Perigee altitude | 845.0 km (525.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Apogee altitude | 859.9 km (534.3 mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Inclination | 98.64° | ||||||||||||||
| Period | 101.80 minutes | ||||||||||||||
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NOAA-14, also known as NOAA-J before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-14 continued the third-generation operational, Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) series operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA-14 continued the series of Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) spacecraft begun with the launch of NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) in 1983.