NOAA-18

 2005-018A

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NOAA N will be launched by Delta 2 7320 in 2005 and should become NOAA 18 and SARSAT-10. Spacecraft is 4.2m long 1.9m dia 1442 kg mass (Delta PK; 1420 kg NOAA handbook), including 4 kg N2. Solar array is 6.1m long.

NOAA-18
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 May 20	1022:01	Launch by Delta 7320	V SLC2W
		T+1:00 SRM burnout
		T+1:39 SRM sep
		T+4:24 MECO
		T+4:32 St 1 sep
		T+4:37 SES-1
		T+4:56 Fairing sep
	1033	T+11:16 SECO-1	185 x 867 x 98.7
		T+59:21 SES-2 13s
	1121	T+59:34 SECO-2	846 x 866 x 98.8
	1127	T+1:05:40 Stage 2 sep
		T+1:16:00 Solar array deployed
	1152	T+1:30:00 SES-3 evasive 5s
	1152	T+1:30:05 SECO-3
	1208:41	T+1:46:40 SES-4 Depletion burn
	1209	T+1:47:24 SECO-4	166 x 812 x 103.6
2006 Aug		PM Primary

Payload:

• AVHRR/3 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, vis and 1.6, 3.7 mu.

• AMSU-A1 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

• AMSU-A2 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

• SBUV/2 Solar Backscatter UV Radiometer 2, 1600-4000A

• SEM Solar Environment Monitor

  • MEPED Medium energy proton/electron detector, 30 keV-7 MeV

  • TED Total energy detector 0.05-20 keV

  • DPU Data processing system

• DCS Data Collection System 401.6 MHz

• HIRS/4 High Res IR Sounder, 0.7, 3.7-4.6, 6.7-15 microns

• SAR Search and Rescue transponder and processor

  • SLA SAR L-band transmitting antenna

  • SRA SAR Receiving antenna