TIROS-8
TIROS-8 was a weather-satellite mission that flight-tested the Automatic Picture Transmission system and its ground stations. Its APT camera sent local cloud imagery directly to simple ground stations; the system exceeded its expected lifetime and enabled 47 stations worldwide to receive satellite images, establishing a new era of real-time weather-data distribution.
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Identity
- Aliases
- TIROS 8TIROS-HTIROS H
- Name
- TIROS-8
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- TIROS-8 was a weather-satellite mission that flight-tested the Automatic Picture Transmission system and its ground stations. Its APT camera sent local cloud imagery directly to simple ground stations; the system exceeded its expected lifetime and enabled 47 stations worldwide to receive satellite images, establishing a new era of real-time weather-data distribution.
- Destination
- Earth orbit
- Programs
- -
- Start Date
- 1963-12-21
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tiros/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:16:52 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:16:52 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
- -
- Vehicles