SATELLITES-------
TIR N-NOAA 6--------
TIR N-NOAA 6--------
SATELLITE DESCRIPTION:
The spacecraft was rectangularly shaped (146" long by 74" high) with one large solar panel attached. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed 1594 pounds.
NOAA-6 was the first operational satellite in the TIROS-N series. The satellite carried an Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) to provide day and night cloud top and sea surface temperatures, as well as ice and snow conditions; an atmospheric sounding system (TOVS - TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder) to provide vertical profiles of temperature and water vapor from the Earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere; and a solar proton monitor to detect the arrival of energetic particles for use in solar storm prediction. This satellite also carried a data collection platform used to receive, process and store information from free floating balloons and buoys world-wide for transmission to one central processing facility.
The spacecraft was rectangularly shaped (146" long by 74" high) with one large solar panel attached. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed 1594 pounds.
NOAA-6 was the first operational satellite in the TIROS-N series. The satellite carried an Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) to provide day and night cloud top and sea surface temperatures, as well as ice and snow conditions; an atmospheric sounding system (TOVS - TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder) to provide vertical profiles of temperature and water vapor from the Earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere; and a solar proton monitor to detect the arrival of energetic particles for use in solar storm prediction. This satellite also carried a data collection platform used to receive, process and store information from free floating balloons and buoys world-wide for transmission to one central processing facility.
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