Weather
NOAA 9
NonoperationalWeatherLEONORAD 15427
NOAA 9 is a United States weather satellite, launched on December 12, 1984 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 12, 1984 at 10:42 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- SM-65E Atlas →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- NOAA 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 846 km
- Periapsis
- 825 km
- Inclination
- 99.1°
- Orbital period
- 101.62 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,004.96 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.88 × 4.22 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1984-123A
- NORAD catalog №
- 15427
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 4.297 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational