Meteor-2 1

  1975-064A

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The first Meteor-2 was launched in Jul 1975.

Meteor-2 F1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Jul 11	0415	Launch by Vostok 8A92M	PL
	0419?	Blok E burn
	0425?	Blok E sep
			102.5 858 x 891 x 81.3
1970s		end of ops

NOAA 9

 1984-123A

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NOAA F (NOAA 9) was the second ATN satellite, and carried the ERBE and SUV experiments in addition to the SAR receiver. It was launched on 1984 Dec 12 at 1042 into a 857 x 878 x 98.9 deg afternoon SSO orbit.

NOAA 9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Dec 12	1042:00	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
	1047	T+5:46 Atlas sep
	1056	T+14:00 Star 37 burn
	1056	T+14:43 Star 37 burnout
		T+14:46 RCS start
		T+15:02 RCS stop
		T+17min Hydrazine blowdown
		T+35min arrays and booms deployed
1985		NOAA afternoon satellite
1987 Jan		ERBE failed
1987 May 7		MSU failed
1993 Aug 1		Placed on standby?
1995 Aug		Electrical problem, AVHRR failed
1997 Dec 18		SAR transmitter failed
1998 Feb		end of ops