NOAA 3, 6920
Orbit data source: Space-Track
NOAA 3, 6920 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 06 Nov 1973 UTC via a DELTA 0300 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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NOAA 3 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 21 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | RCA/East Windsor |
| Mission | Non-operational Civil Weather |
| Bus & Motor | TIROS M, Unknown motor |
| Mass | 340 kg wet, 340 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Hex Poly + 3 Pan, 1.25 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 1.292 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 21 hours ago
0 NOAA 3
1 06920U 73086A 24360.60551356 -.00000007 00000-0 29319-3 0 9992
2 06920 102.2868 358.3249 0006502 34.1198 74.9825 12.40376344315120Epoch: 2024-12-25T14:31Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-25T14:31:56.371Z)
| Latitude | 67.43271° |
| Longitude | -102.8239° |
| Altitude | 1,515.161 km |
| Speed | 7.114 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 13h 59m 01s |
| True Declination | 67° 19' 20" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 75.22833° |
| Longitude | -78.08493° |
| Altitude | 1,515.597 km |
| Speed | 7.115 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 21h 30m 10s |
| Apparent Declination | 37° 59' 13" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 11:07:25 |
| Azimuth | 19.176° NNE |
| Elevation | -8.973° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 1,507.724 km |
| Perigee altitude | 1,497.476 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,880.737 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0006502 |
| Inclination | 102.2868° |
| RAAN | 358.3249° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 34.1198° |
| True anomaly | 75.05448° |
| Mean anomaly | 74.9825° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 75.01849° |
| Mean motion | 3.10237 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00029319 |
| Orbital period | 116.04 mins |
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NOAA 3 Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 14 mins | 2024-12-26 11:53:00.912Z | 37.635° NE | 2024-12-26 12:00:00.912Z | 94.874° ESE | 28.087° | 2024-12-26 12:07:00.912Z | 155.536° SSE |
| 14 mins | 2024-12-26 13:48:00.912Z | 6.587° NNE | 2024-12-26 13:54:00.912Z | 304.985° NW | 40.054° | 2024-12-26 14:02:00.912Z | 221.037° SW |
| 5 mins | 2024-12-26 15:44:00.912Z | 333.776° NNW | 2024-12-26 15:46:00.912Z | 319.198° NNW | 12.937° | 2024-12-26 15:49:00.912Z | 297.243° NW |
| 14 mins | 2024-12-26 22:59:00.912Z | 130.194° SE | 2024-12-26 23:06:00.912Z | 53.3° ENE | 37.246° | 2024-12-26 23:13:00.912Z | 353.091° N |
| 14 mins | 2024-12-27 00:53:00.912Z | 199.909° SSW | 2024-12-27 00:59:00.912Z | 253.476° W | 31.378° | 2024-12-27 01:07:00.912Z | 325.659° NNW |
| 7 mins | 2024-12-27 11:11:00.912Z | 66.691° ENE | 2024-12-27 11:14:00.912Z | 89.383° E | 14.756° | 2024-12-27 11:18:00.912Z | 119.106° SE |
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