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Weather Satellites: NOAA 3

NOAA 3 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellite 3

Launch date:
November 6, 1973

Launch site:
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Launch vehicle:
Delta 300

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

To provide visible and infrared images of cloud cover, snow and ice, the sea surface, and gather information on the vertical structure of temperature and moisture in the atmosphere.

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