NORAD 25338
NOAA 15
Time
- Local time
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Position
- Latitude
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Speed
- Miles per hour
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From your location
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- Right ascension
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 25338
- International designator
- 1998-030A
- Launch date
- May 13, 1998
- Launch site
- AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 137.350 MHz · DSB1,544.500 MHz · BPSK1,702.500 MHz · HRPT
- Beacon
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- Mode
- BPSK, DSB, HRPT
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Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerDirect Sounder Broadcast
Transmitter · DSB
- Downlink
- 137.350 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 8,320
SARSAT L-Band
Transmitter · Mobile · BPSK
- Downlink
- 1,544.500 MHz
- CTCSS
- -
- Baud
- 2,400
HRPT
Transmitter · HRPT
- Downlink
- 1,702.500 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
- 665,400
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-18 07:08:15 UTC
- TLE age
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About NOAA 15
NOAA 15 is a satellite from the United States, launched on May 13, 1998 from Air Force Western Test Range.
It circles Earth every 101 minutes (14.3 times a day), between 794 and 808 km up, on an orbit tilted 98.5° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 81° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
NOAA-15 · American weather satellite
- Operated by
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Built by
- Lockheed Martin
- Mass
- 1,479 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 366 days its lowest point went from 795 km to 794 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.