NOAA 17

USA

Spacecraft n°:

USA satellite n°:

Previously known as NOAA M

Launch data:

Designation 27453 / 02032A
Launch date 24 Jun 2002 - 18:23:04 UT
Launch site Va, SLC-4W
Launch vehicle  Titan 2 SLV (S/N 23G-14)
Mission Meteorology
Earth orbit on:
Perigee/Apogee 833 km
Inclination 98.7°
Period 101.3 min

Specifications (POES generation):

Prime contractor Lockhead Martin
Platform  
Mass at launch 2232 kg
Mass in orbit 1475 kg
Dimension 4.2 m long x 1.88 m diameter
Solar array 2.73 x 6.14 m
Stabilization  
DC power 833 W
Design lifetime 12 years

Frequencies:


Command 2026 MHz
Beacon 137.77 & 137.35 MHz
APT downlink freq. 137.5 & 137.620 MHz
HRPT downlink freq. 1698 & 1707 MHz (665.4 kbps realtime or 2.6616 Mbps playback)
Data collection uplink 401.65 MHz (400 bps)
Telemetry 2247,5 MHz (8.32 kbps)
SAR downlink 1544.5 MHz

Payload (POES generation):


AVHRR/3 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer)

Wavebands 0.58-0.68 µm (1/ visible): cloud, snow and ice monitoring
0.725-1.10 µm (2/ near IR): water, vegetation and agriculture surveys
1.58-1.64 µm: (3A) snow, ice and cloud discrimination
3.55-3.93 µm (3B/ near IR): sea surface temperature, volcano, forest fire activity
10.3-11.3 µm (4/ thermal IR): sea surface temperature, soil moisture
11.3-12.5 µm (5/ thermal IR): sea surface temperature, soil moisture
Resolution 1.09 km
Swath width 3000 km

TOVS (Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder)

HIRS/3 (High Resolution IR Sounder): monitors the atmosphere at 19 closely spaced channels so as to derive the vertical temperature profile out to an altitude of 40 km
SEM/2 (Space Environnment Monitor): enhanced to measure a lower energy (0.05 keV) and a detector for 140+ MeV
AMSU (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit): AMSU-A is a 15-channel unit (23.8-89.0 GHz) while AMSU-B has got 5 channels (89-183 GHz). Built by Astrium.

DCS/2 (Data Collection System): enhanced rate: 2560 bps
SBUB/2 (Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet): derives the ozone profile by monitoring the incident and backscattered radiation in 12 wavelength bands covering the 252-340 nm band.

Carries a Sarsat payload.

Ref: #7, #15(01.12.02) - update: 07.04.09