NOAA-13

 1993-050A

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NOAA I (NOAA 13) flew into space at 1002 on 1993 Aug 8 aboard an Atlas E from Vandenberg, with a new complement of instruments, into an afternoon SSO. However, on Aug 21 the spacecraft battery failed to charge and all contact was lost with the satellite at 2315 that day. Mass of NOAA 13 was 1712 kg before apogee motor firing.

NOAA 13
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Aug 9	1002	Launch by Atlas E	V
		T+2:01 BECO
		T+2:04 BPJ Booster Package Jettison
		T+2:30 NFJ Nose Fairing Jettison
		T+5:10 SECO
		T+5:30 VECO
	1002:35?	T+5:35 Atlas sep	-2800 x 810 x 98.7
	1015:49?	T+13:49 Star 37 burn
	1016:32?	T+14:32 Star 37 burnout
		T+14:37 RCS start
		T+14:51 RCS stop
		T+17min? Hydrazine blowdown
		T+30min arrays and booms deployed
1993 Aug 21		Battery failure
	2315	Loss of contact

Payload:

• AVHRR Advanced Very High Res Radiometer with optical and IR bands: 0.55-0.9,0.725-1.3,10.5-11.5,3.53-3.93 mu

• SEM Space Environment Monitor (EEPAT,HEPAT,POD,TED)

• DCS Data Collection System, with ARGOS

• TOVS Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder (temperature and humidity measurements by imaging in narrow bands: 3.7, 4.3 (CO2), 9.7, 11.1, 7x 15 (CO2), 3x 18 (rotnl bands) mu. Includes HIRS/2 (Hi Res IR Radiation Sounder), SSU (Stratospheric sounding unit), and MSU.

• SAR Search and Rescue transponder (COSPAS-SARSAT)

• SBUV/2 Solar UV Backscatter experiment