NOAA 6
Mission information
Name
NOAA 6
Alternate Names
1979-057A
Satellite ID
FWED-8162-6651-9503-1227
NORAD ID
11416
Website
https://noaa.gov
Country of Origin

United States of America

Status
Satellite alive
Operational

Satellite is in orbit and operational

Image
NOAA 6
Mission timeline
Launch Date
1979-06-27T15:51:59+00:00
Deploy Date
1979-06-27T16:15:00+00:00
Description

Noaa 6 is a polar orbiting satelitte launched in 1979. It was decommissioned in 1993 but the battery failed into a open circut meaning the electricity from the solar panels under the right conditions can flow directly to its transmitters and cause it to emit a carrier wave.

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