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NOAA - N Prime
Satellite
NOAA-N Prime is the last in the K, L, M, N and N Prime series of satellites. These satellites have
served the nation well since 1960, when the world’s first weather satellite was launched by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In 1978, TIROS-N was launched, revolutionizing weather
satellite capabilities. NOAA has worked with NASA to continuously improve the TIROS satellites, and
in 1983 began the Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) program. NOAA-N Prime carries a suite of instruments that provides
critical global data for weather and climate predictions. Like its predecessors, NOAA-N Prime will provide
global images of clouds and surface features and vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and humidity
for use in numerical weather and ocean forecast models, as well as data on ozone distribution in the upper
part of the atmosphere, and near-Earth space environments -- information important for the marine, aviation,
power generation, agriculture, and other communities. NOAA-N Prime is part of the international satellite-aided
search and rescue missions which have been credited with saving over 22,000 lives since 1982. NOAA is dedicated
to enhancing economic security and national safety through research and prediction of weather and climate-related
events and by providing environmental stewardship of the nation’s coastal and marine resources.
 NOAA-N Prime Fact Sheet (pdf)
POES N Prime (MOP) (doc)
NOAA-N Prime Informational Booklet (pdf)
NOAA-N Prime Post Launch Photos
NOAA-N Prime Status Reports:
NOAA N Prime was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at about 2:22 a.m. PST.
February 06, 2009. After NOAA-N Prime successfully arrived in its orbit, the NOAA N Prime
satellite was renamed NOAA-19. NOAA-19 is in a nominal orbit and all spacecraft systems appear
to be functioning properly.
Artistic rendition of NOAA-N Prime Satellite
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
NOAA-19 First AVHRR visible images:
First NOAA-19 AVHRR visible images with adequate sunlight over Wallops VA CDA
For additional NOAA/NASA N-Prime Infomation:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NOAA-N-Prime/main/index.html
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