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NOAA-3, also known as ITOS-F was a weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS.[2] It was deactivated by NOAA in August 1976.

NOAA-3
Spacecraft properties
Illustration of an ITOS series satellite

Mission type	Weather
Operator	NOAA / NASA
COSPAR ID	1973-086A[1]
SATCAT no.	6920


Manufacturer	RCA Astrospace
Launch mass	746 kilograms (1,645 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	November 6, 1973, 17:02 (1973-11-06UTC17:02Z) UTC
Rocket	Delta-300
Launch site	Vandenberg SLC-2W


End of mission
Deactivated	August 1976 (1976-09)


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth Sun-synchronous
Perigee altitude	1,500 kilometers (930 mi)
Apogee altitude	1,509 kilometers (938 mi)
Inclination	102.1°
Period	116.11 minutes
Epoch	November 6, 1973

ITOS ← ITOS-E NOAA-4 →

References

"NASA/NSSDC NOAA-3 spacecraft details". Retrieved June 7, 2018.
Wade, Mark. "ITOS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on June 21, 2002. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

v t e TIROS satellites
TIROS	TIROS-1 TIROS-2 TIROS-3 TIROS-4 TIROS-5 TIROS-6 TIROS-7 TIROS-8 TIROS-9 TIROS-10
TOS	ESSA-1 ESSA-2 ESSA-3 ESSA-4 ESSA-5 ESSA-6 ESSA-7 ESSA-8 ESSA-9
ITOS	TIROS-M NOAA-1 ITOS-B NOAA-2 NOAA-3 NOAA-4 NOAA-5 ITOS-E
TIROS-N	TIROS-N NOAA-6 NOAA-B NOAA-7
Adv. TIROS-N	NOAA-8 NOAA-9 NOAA-10 NOAA-11 NOAA-12 NOAA-13 NOAA-14 NOAA-15 NOAA-16 NOAA-17 NOAA-18 NOAA-19

← 1972 · Orbital launches in 1973 · 1974 →

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

External links

NOAA-3 Satellite Position

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