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OAS platform Detail for NOAA-9
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platforms_id: 10462
Title:
Name: NOAA-9
ICES Code: 33OO
Callsign:
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the platform NOAA-9 from UNITED STATES.

Name NOAA-9
Country(s) US: UNITED STATES
Platform Class 65: Orbiting satellite
Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-08.
Commissioned Date 1984-12-12
Decommissioned Date 1998-02-13

Notes
Selected global operational meteorology data available from NOAA.
Significant contribution to Atmospheric chemistry and Space weather.

All known Instruments flying on NOAA-9

Acronym - Full name
Argos - Argos Data Collection System
AVHRR/2 - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer / 2
ERBE - Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
HIRS/2 - High-resolution Infra Red Sounder / 2
MSU - Microwave Sounding Unit
S&RSAT - Search & Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System
SBUV/2 - Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet / 2
SSU - Stratospheric Sounding Unit
SEM/MEPED - SEM / Medium energy proton detector
SEM/TED - SEM / Total Energy Detector

Information source (URL)
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/331

Submitted to ICES on 2018-07-17.
Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-08.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2004-09-22 21:05:14.722004+00
Editdate: 2018-08-08 21:15:37+00