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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

14 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 14 hours ago

0 NOAA 3
1 06920U 73086A   25181.56141001 -.00000041  00000-0  37894-4 0  9997
2 06920 102.2883 187.0826 0006863  53.6264  59.2534 12.40383371338301

Epoch: 2025-06-30T13:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T13:28:25.824Z)

Latitude

64.21328°

Longitude

-87.23737°

Altitude

1,513.082 km

Speed

7.116 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 14m 57s

True Declination

64° 05' 28"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

66.78607°

Longitude

-82.96792°

Altitude

1,513.416 km

Speed

7.116 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 35m 29s

Apparent Declination

21° 30' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:37:40

Azimuth

0.581° NNE

Elevation

-28.572°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,507.979 km

Perigee altitude

1,497.161 km

Semi-major axis

7,880.707 km

Eccentricity

0.00069

Inclination

102.2883°

RAAN

187.0826°

Arg. of periapsis

53.6264°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

59.2534°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.10238 °/min

Orbital period

116.04 mins

BSTAR

0.000037894

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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.
16 mins	2025-07-01 12:43:26.937Z	28.734° NE	2025-07-01 12:51:26.937Z	106.674° ESE	38.022°	2025-07-01 12:59:26.937Z	177.073° S
13 mins	2025-07-01 14:38:26.937Z	359.739° N	2025-07-01 14:44:26.937Z	306.44° NW	31.562°	2025-07-01 14:51:26.937Z	240.955° WSW
8 mins	2025-07-01 22:00:26.937Z	73.899° E	2025-07-01 22:03:26.937Z	50.001° ENE	17.071°	2025-07-01 22:08:26.937Z	12.304° NNE
15 mins	2025-07-01 23:49:26.937Z	149.924° SSE	2025-07-01 23:56:26.937Z	48.635° ENE	43.942°	2025-07-02 00:04:26.937Z	345.38° N
11 mins	2025-07-02 01:45:26.937Z	222.865° SW	2025-07-02 01:50:26.937Z	263.672° W	21.377°	2025-07-02 01:56:26.937Z	311.992° NW

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