TIROS-5
TIROS-5 was an experimental weather-satellite mission sent to a higher-inclination orbit to improve high-latitude coverage during hurricane season. A guidance fault left an elliptical orbit, but the spacecraft operated for 161 days and returned important imagery including observations of northern ice breakup.
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Identity
- Aliases
- TIROS 5Television Infrared Observation Satellite 5TIROS-EA-10
- Name
- TIROS-5
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- TIROS-5 was an experimental weather-satellite mission sent to a higher-inclination orbit to improve high-latitude coverage during hurricane season. A guidance fault left an elliptical orbit, but the spacecraft operated for 161 days and returned important imagery including observations of northern ice breakup.
- Destination
- Earth orbit
- Programs
- -
- Start Date
- 1962-06-19
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tiros/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:00:06 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:00:06 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
- -
- Vehicles