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NOAA-19  

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  • sosa:Platform

Definition

  • NOAA 19, or NOAA-N Prime, was launched 06 February 2009 at 10:22 UT aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg. The 1440 kg satellite was built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. The NOAA polar operational environmental satellites collect global data on: cloud cover; surface conditions such as ice, snow, and vegetation; atmospheric temperatures; and, moisture, aerosol, and ozone distributions. They also collect and relay information from fixed and moving data platforms

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  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19

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has instrument

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https://vocab.met.no/mmd/Platform/NOAA-19

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