TIROS-1
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TIROS-1 (or TIROS-A) was the first operational weather satellite, the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites (TIROS) placed in low Earth orbit.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- TIROS-1
- Spaceflight.image
- Tiros satellite navitar.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The TIROS-1 prototype on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Weather satellite
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.Harvard_designation
- 1960 β 2
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 1960-002B
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 29
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 75 days (90 days planned)
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_type
- TIROS
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- RCA Astro
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- GMT
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Thor DM 18-Able II
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Cape Canaveral, LC-17A
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 1 Apr 1960 11:45:00
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- LEO
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 48.40°
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- TIROS-2
- Parent body
- Earth
- Diameter
- 106.7
- Mass
- 122.5
- Orbital period
- 99.16
- Manufacturer
- RCA Corporation
- Image
- TIROS-1 image (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 57.2
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- TIROS 1
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1960-04-01
- Commons gallery
- TIROS-1
- powered by
- nickel–cadmium battery
- serial number
- D-3
- apoapsis
- 750
- periapsis
- 693
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.00401
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- orbital inclination
- 48.40
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Program
- Spacecraft
- Mission
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
TIROS-1 (or TIROS-A) was the first operational weather satellite, the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites (TIROS) placed in low Earth orbit.
== Program ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TIROS-1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.