Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Earth Science · SSO
From a 512-mile orbit, tilted 98.7 degrees to the equator and traveling pole-to-pole, the craft will provide imagery, atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, and land and ocean surface temperature observations, all of which are key ingredients for weather forecasting. In addition, the…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOAA 20 (JPSS-1) 2017-073A | Payload | 827 × 827 km · 98.8° | Globe |
| BUCCANEER RMM 2017-073B | Payload | re-entered 2024-10-04 | |
| MIRATA 2017-073C | Payload | re-entered 2025-10-23 | |
| MAKERSAT 0 2017-073D | Payload | 390 × 521 km · 97.4° | Globe |
| RADFXSAT (FOX-1B) 2017-073E | Payload | 423 × 622 km · 97.5° | Globe |
| EAGLESAT 1 2017-073F | Payload | re-entered 2025-11-13 |
COSPAR ID 2017-073 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).