1962 · United States Air Force
Tiros 4
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NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weather satellite program.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 8, 1962 at 12:43 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Mission
- Tiros 4
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit