UCS-Satellite-Database
| Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1718 | NPP (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System [NPOESS]) | NPP | USA | USA | National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/NASA | Government | Earth Observation | Meteorology | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 827 | 827 | 0.00E+00 | 98.7 | 101.4 | 2,128 | 2011/10/28 | Ball Aerospace | USA | Vandenberg AFB | Delta 2 | 2011-061A | 37849 | Continues key data records that are critical for climate change science. | www.satellitedebris.net 12/12 | http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacecraft_inst.html |
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