TIROS-6
TIROS-6 continued development of the meteorological satellite information system, supported weather forecasting during hurricane season, provided operational support for the Mercury-Atlas 8 launch, and conducted the first satellite experiments to detect snow cover from orbit. It operated for 389 days, the longest TIROS mission to that point.
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Identity
- Aliases
- TIROS 6TIROS-FTIROS-F2
- Name
- TIROS-6
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- -
- Description
- TIROS-6 continued development of the meteorological satellite information system, supported weather forecasting during hurricane season, provided operational support for the Mercury-Atlas 8 launch, and conducted the first satellite experiments to detect snow cover from orbit. It operated for 389 days, the longest TIROS mission to that point.
- Destination
- Earth orbit
- Programs
- -
- Start Date
- 1962-09-18
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tiros/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:12:54 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:12:54 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
- -
- Vehicles