1964 · United States Air Force
Nimbus 1
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Nimbus 1, the first in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced meteorological sensor systems and for collecting meteorological data.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 28, 1964 at 07:56 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E
- Mission
- Nimbus 1
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit