NOAA 19

Also known as NOAA N prime

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General

Designation	33591 / 09005A
Launch date	6 Feb 2009
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Meteorology
Perigee/Apogee	833 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	98.7°
Period	101.3 min
Launch vehicle	Delta 2 #338

The satellite fell from 90 cm in Sep 2003 at Lockheed Martin facility. At that time is was finished except for the solar panels. The satellite had to be rebuilt.

Last satellite in the series.

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Technical data

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Specifications
Payload

Carries a Eumetsat instrument: Microwave Humidity Sounder
Carries a Sarsat payload. Uses new APT frequencies: 137.1 & 137.9125 MHz

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