Payload
ITOS 1 (TIROS M)
NonoperationalPayloadLEONORAD 4320
ITOS 1 (TIROS M) is a United States payload satellite, launched on January 23, 1970 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- January 23, 1970 at 11:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Delta N6 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- ITOS 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,477 km
- Periapsis
- 1,434 km
- Inclination
- 101.37°
- Orbital period
- 115 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 306.24 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.2 × 1.02 × 1.02 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1970-008A
- NORAD catalog №
- 4320
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.0986 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational