Key statistics
Satellite NOAA 7 at a glance.
Uptime
16025
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NOAA 7.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: NOAA 7
International designator: 1981-059A
Object number (NORAD): 12553
Object ID (CCSDS): 12553
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.573 minutes
Inclination: 98.8453 deg
SMA: 7211.279 km
Apoapsis: 841.198 km
Periapsis: 825.091 km
RAAN: 192.8004 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011168
Argument of periapsis: 353.0214 deg
Mean anomaly: 7.0804 deg
Mean motion: 14.1769984 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000056216 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 10:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NOAA 7
TLE line 1: 1 12553U 81059A 25127.93191728 .00000070 00000-0 56216-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 12553 98.8453 192.8004 0011168 353.0214 7.0804 14.17699840267322
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NOAA 7.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object NOAA 7.
Associated space launch
Third generation LEO meteorological satellite
NOAA 7 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Atlas F | NOAA 7’, on board a Atlas F space rocket.
The launch took place on June 23, 1981, 10:52 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 3W.
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Atlas F | NOAA 7
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 23, 1981, 10:52 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Atlas F
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 3W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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