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COSPAR 2009-005A · NORAD 33591
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📡 ReceptionNORAD #33591
Frequency
Former 137.100 MHz APT — transmissions ended 2025-08-13
Modulation: APT (analog, ended) · still in orbit
Free Reception Guide
[2026 Advisory] Legacy NOAA-15/18/19 137 MHz APT transmissions were officially decommissioned in Jun–Aug 2025. For free 137 MHz VHF reception today, tune to METEOR-M N2-4 (137.9 MHz LRPT), or view live NOAA-20/21 VIIRS imagery via NASA GIBS.NORAD Two-Line Element (TLE · SGP4) — TLE epoch 2026-11-03 18:47 UTC
1 33591U 09005A 26307.78281782 .00000006 00000+0 26878-4 0 9996
2 33591 98.9386 18.6563 0013627 359.7670 0.3493 14.13491998914205
Polar-orbit VHF (137.9 MHz weather satellites, 145.8 MHz ISS) is received with a V-dipole or QFH antenna, an RTL-SDR dongle and open software such as SatDump.
Mission
- Agency
- NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations
- Launch date
- 2009-02-06
- Status (SATCAT)
- nonoperational
- Launch site code
- AFWTR
- Owner code
- US
- COSPAR ID
- 2009-005A
- NORAD ID
- 33,591
Source:NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 101.88 min
- Inclination
- 98.94°
- Apogee
- 857 km
- Perigee
- 838 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 102 minutes — about 14.1 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (2009) turns 17 this year.