Friday, October 4, 2002

NOAA 7

 1981-059A


NOAA C (NOAA 7) was launched at 1053 on 1981 Jun 23 by Atlas F from SLC 3W at Vandenberg. The kick motor fired at 1103, placing NOAA 7 into a 101.9 min, 843 x 862 km x 98.9 deg orbit. NASA handed over the satellite to NOAA on 1981 Jul 13.


NOAA 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1981 Jun 23  1052:59  Launch by Atlas F  V SLC3W 
  T+2:01 BECO 
  T+2:04 BPJ Booster Package Jettison 
  T+2:24 NFJ Nose Fairing Jettison 
  T+5:24 SECO 
  T+5:43 VECO 
 1058:48  T+5:49 Atlas sep 
 1103:26  T+10:27 Star 37 burn 
 1104:09  T+11:10 Star 37 burnout 
  T+11:15 RCS start 
  T+11:38 RCS stop 
  T+14min Hydrazine blowdown 
  T+30min arrays and booms deployed 
   101.9 843 x 862 x 98.9 
1981 Jul 13   Handover to NOAA 
1985 Feb 7   radiometer failed 
1986 Jun   Power system failed
1987 Mar 31   Decommissioned 

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