1960 · United States Air Force
Tiros 2
successThor Delta | Tiros 2
A spin stabilized meteorological satellite. The second in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 23, 1960 at 11:13 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Mission
- Tiros 2
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit