Payload
SUOMI NPP
OperationalPayloadLEO
SUOMI NPP is a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/NASA payload satellite, launched on October 28, 2011 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 28, 2011 at 09:48 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7920-10C →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 828 km
- Periapsis
- 826 km
- Inclination
- 98.8°
- Orbital period
- 101.44 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/NASA
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,128 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-061A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37849
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 5.7802 m²
- Status
- Operational