TIROS-3
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TIROS-3 (or TIROS-C) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the third in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- TIROS-4
- Follows
- TIROS-2
- Diameter
- 107
- Mass
- 129.3
- Manufacturer
- RCA Corporation
- Image
- Tiros 3 and hurricanes.jpg
- Height
- 56
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1961-07-12
- space launch vehicle
- Thor-Delta
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- Commons category
- TIROS 3
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Mission
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TIROS-3 (or TIROS-C) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the third in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
== Launch == TIROS-3 was launched on July 12, 1961, by a Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The spacecraft functioned nominally until January 22, 1962. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 98 minutes, at an inclination of 47.9°. Its perigee was and apogee was .
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