NOAA-6

Summary

NOAA-6 is a weather satellite^[1]. NOAA-6 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #27 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• NOAA-6's image is recorded as Allen 1980-08-07 1355Z.jpg^[3].
• NOAA-6's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[4].
• NOAA-6's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[5].
• NOAA-6's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[6].
• NOAA-6's part of the series is recorded as Television Infrared Observation Satellite^[7].
• NOAA-6's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1979-057A^[8].
• NOAA-6's subclass of is recorded as TIROS-N^[9].
• NOAA-6's Commons category is recorded as NOAA 6^[10].
• NOAA-6's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas E/F^[11].
• NOAA-6's SCN is recorded as 11416^[12].
• NOAA-6's country of origin is recorded as United States^[13].
• NOAA-6's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit^[14].
• NOAA-6's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1979-06-27T00:00:00Z^[15].
• NOAA-6's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[16].
• NOAA-6's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[17].
• NOAA-6's launch contractor is recorded as Convair^[18].
• NOAA-6's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 West^[19].
• NOAA-6's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c2y83b34^[20].
• NOAA-6's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1979-057A^[21].

Why It Matters

NOAA-6 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #27 of 77).^[2]