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NOAA 3, 6920

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NOAA 3, 6920 is a payload satellite owned by NOAA (US) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 06 Nov 1973 UTC via a DELTA 0300 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

6920, 1973-086A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

20 hours ago

Origin

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

Manufacturer

RCA/East Windsor

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

TIROS M, Unknown motor

Mass

340 kg wet, 340 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1973-11-06 (52 years ago)

Launch vehicle

DELTA 0300

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Poly + 3 Pan, 1.25 m

Radar Cross Section

1.292 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 20 hours ago

0 NOAA 3
1  6920U 73086A   25126.29102447 -.00000022  00000-0  18172-3 0  9993
2  6920 102.2897 131.2733 0006695 149.4763 221.7567 12.40381833331637

Epoch: 2025-05-06T06:59Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-06T06:59:04.514Z)

Latitude

10.87976°

Longitude

159.72415°

Altitude

1,510.716 km

Speed

7.109 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 35m 32s

True Declination

10° 49' 20"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

43.66098°

Longitude

150.99418°

Altitude

1,512.401 km

Speed

7.112 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 06m 52s

Apparent Declination

21° 02' 20"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:31:40

Azimuth

290.124° WNW

Elevation

8.806°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,507.853 km

Perigee altitude

1,497.3 km

Semi-major axis

7,880.714 km

Eccentricity

0.0006695

Inclination

102.2897°

RAAN

131.2733°

Arg. of periapsis

149.4763°

True anomaly

221.70564°

Mean anomaly

221.7567°

Eccentric anomaly

221.73117°

Mean motion

3.10238 °/min

BSTAR

0.00018172

Orbital period

116.04 mins

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Other satellites on launch #86 in the year 1973 (1973-11-06 UTC)

DELTA 1 DEB, 7047 (Decayed)

NOAA 3 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
15 mins	2025-05-07 12:35:21.630Z	29.292° NE	2025-05-07 12:43:21.630Z	105.683° ESE	37.221°	2025-05-07 12:50:21.630Z	172.954° S
14 mins	2025-05-07 14:30:21.630Z	0.464° NNE	2025-05-07 14:36:21.630Z	307.217° NW	32.229°	2025-05-07 14:44:21.630Z	236.34° WSW
8 mins	2025-05-07 21:52:21.630Z	73.59° E	2025-05-07 21:55:21.630Z	50.213° ENE	16.562°	2025-05-07 22:00:21.630Z	12.806° NNE
15 mins	2025-05-07 23:41:21.630Z	148.242° SSE	2025-05-07 23:48:21.630Z	52.755° ENE	43.627°	2025-05-07 23:56:21.630Z	345.963° N
11 mins	2025-05-08 01:37:21.630Z	221.771° SW	2025-05-08 01:42:21.630Z	263.35° W	22.286°	2025-05-08 01:48:21.630Z	312.414° NW

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