NOAA-18
NOAA-18 was a fifth-generation Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite launched on May 20, 2005. Its imaging, infrared and microwave sounding, ozone, space-environment and relay instruments supported weather forecasting and environmental records. The spacecraft lost transmitter functionality in late May 2025 and underwent emergency passivation on June 6, 2025. Its archived observations remain useful, but the satellite no longer provides operational data.
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- Aliases
- NOAA 18NOAA-N
- Name
- NOAA-18
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- NOAA-18 was a fifth-generation Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite launched on May 20, 2005. Its imaging, infrared and microwave sounding, ozone, space-environment and relay instruments supported weather forecasting and environmental records. The spacecraft lost transmitter functionality in late May 2025 and underwent emergency passivation on June 6, 2025. Its archived observations remain useful, but the satellite no longer provides operational data.
- Destination
- Sun-synchronous, near-polar Earth orbit for meteorological and environmental observations
- End Date
- 2025-06-06
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2005-05-20
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- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:25:37 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:25:37 UTC
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