Designation | 16969 / 86073A |
Launch date | 17 Sep 1986 |
Country of origin | United States |
Mission | Meteorology |
Perigee/Apogee | 799/818 km |
Inclination | 98.549° |
Period | 101 min |
Launch vehicle | Atlas E |
Launch site | Vandenberg |
Out of service | 17 Sep 1991 |
Cause | placed in standby after arrival of NOAA 12, several units had failed |
APT downlink freq. | 137.500 MHz (standby) |
HRPT downlink freq. | 1698.0 MHz |
Beacon | 136.770 MHz |