NOAA 10

 1986-073A

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NOAA G (NOAA 10), an Advanced Tiros N satellite, was launched on 1986 Sep 17 at 1552 by Atlas E from Vandenberg. This was the first use of the Atlas E for NOAA satellites. NOAA 10 reached an 809 x 827 km x 98.8 deg orbit. It replaced NOAA 6 and 8.

NOAA 10
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Sep 17	1552:00	Launch by Atlas E
		T+2:01 BECO
		T+2:04 BPJ Booster Package Jettison
		T+2:31 NFJ Nose Fairing Jettison
		T+5:21 SECO
		T+5:40 VECO
	1557:46	T+5:46 Atlas sep	-2850? x 810? x 98.7
	1605:36	T+13:36 Star 37 burn
	1606:20	T+14:20 Star 37 burnout
		T+14:25 RCS start
		T+14:40 RCS stop
		T+17min? Hydrazine blowdown
		T+35min arrays and booms deployed
1986 Sep 17			101.22 807 x 825 x 98.75
1986 Oct 7		AVHRR operational
1986 Oct 30			101.23 806 x 827 x 98.74
1986 Nov 17		Operational service
1987 Jan 7		TOVS operational
1991 Sep 17		On standby, replaced by NOAA 12