National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 3

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
December, 1982 to December, 1995

The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.

directory.eoportal.org

http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/
Also known as :

• missionID 509 (ceos lexicon)
• Mission NOAA-3 (ceos lexicon)
• resource NOAA-3 (dbpedia lexicon)