NOAA 15

retired

Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 1998-030ALaunched 5/13/1998

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: NOAA 15 Mission
Launch Vehicle: Titan II SLV
Launch Date: 5/13/1998
Last Contact: 8/19/2025

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 815.5 km
Inclination: 98.71 deg
Dry Mass: 1,412 kg
Total Mass: 2,232 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Earth Observation
Payload Category: MET
Payload Class: C

Organizations

Operator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin

Constellation

Name: NOAA POES / TIROS
Active Satellites: 0

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1998-030A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/344

Track

Mentions

6

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

Parsons is delivering data from NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19 to NESDIS to support NOAA’s numerical weather prediction and climate models and environmental monitoring.

RelationshipsCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 4, 2023NOAA using new cloud-based system + business model to supply data from older environmental satellite fleet

NOAA pursued a Ground System as a Service (GSaaS) capability to continue operating NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19 well into the future.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.8Dec 4, 2023NOAA using new cloud-based system + business model to supply data from older environmental satellite fleet

Parsons added a team of private-sector companies to transition operational control of NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19 and to develop a new commercial cloud-based ground system that will remain active until September 2025.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Dec 4, 2023NOAA using new cloud-based system + business model to supply data from older environmental satellite fleet

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration selected a Parsons Corporation–led team to provide engineering services, information technology functionality, and flight operations support to assume on-orbit operations for the Polar Operational Environmental Satellites NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Oct 23, 2022Parsons awarded million$$ contract by NOAA for POES Ops

In April, NOAA sought information from contractors interested in providing engineering and information-technology services and handling flight operations for polar-orbiting satellites NOAA-15, NOAA-18, and NOAA-19.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.4Jun 23, 2022Microsoft, Xplore and NOAA demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations

Lockheed Martin built the DMSP satellites with the battery design flaw as well as NOAA-15 and NOAA-17.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 20, 2021Decommissioned NOAA weather satellite breaks up