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Jim Elliott
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
(Phone: 301/286-6256)
Pat Viets
NOAA NESDIS
(Phone: 301/763-2560)
RELEASE: 94 -189
The launch will be from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, aboard
an Atlas-E during a 10-minute window. The 3,775-pound (1,712-kg)
spacecraft will be launched into a 541-mile (870-km) orbit with
an inclination to the equator of 98.86 degrees.
From this vantage point, the new satellite will circle the
Earth every 102 minutes, passing over the North and South Poles
on each orbit of the planet. Like other NOAA satellites, NOAA-J
will collect meteorological data and transmit the information
directly to users around the world to enhance local weather
analysis and forecasting. In addition, the satellite data are
used for hurricane tracking and warning and for agricultural,
commercial fishing, forestry, maritime and other industrial uses.
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