Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United States Air Force
Provider type
Government
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Wed, 13 May 1998 15:52:04 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4238 ever
Mission
The NOAA K, L and M POES satellites begin the fifth generation of improved environmental monitoring in support of NOAA missions. The instrument payload has significant improvements and additions/deletions. The instrument changes have effected the spacecraft subsystems and data formats.