Weather
NOAA 13
NonoperationalWeatherLEO
NOAA 13 is a United States weather satellite, launched on August 9, 1993 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 9, 1993 at 10:02 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- SM-65E Atlas →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- NOAA 13
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 854 km
- Periapsis
- 840 km
- Inclination
- 98.7°
- Orbital period
- 101.86 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,020.81 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1993-050A
- NORAD catalog №
- 22739
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 4.4791 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational