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1963 · United States Air Force

Tiros 7

successThor Delta B | Tiros 7

NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.

Overview

Date / time
June 19, 1963 at 09:50 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 17B
Mission
Tiros 7
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch vehicle
Thor Delta B →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

TIROS 7
LEO