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Weather Satellites: NOAA 4

NOAA 4 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellite 4

Launch date: November 15, 1974

Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Launch vehicle: Two stage 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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