NOAA 6
Operator: United States · Also known as: 1979-057A
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NOAA-6, launched in June 1979, was the first of the TIROS-N class NOAA satellites to enter operational service, carrying improved sounders and the Argos data-collection system.
Source: Wikipedia — NOAA-6 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
NOAA 6 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 11416 with international designator 79057A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by RCA, on the Tiros N platform, with a launch mass of about 684 kg, with a shape described as Box + Pan. It is associated with US. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 788 km and a perigee near 773 km, with an inclination of 98.56° and a period of roughly 100.3 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.46 km/s. It was launched on 1979-06-27. Alternative names include 1979-057A. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, NOAA 6's apogee was 788 km, where its speed was about 7.46 km/s, completing about 14.4 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.