TIROS-9
TIROS-9 tested the cartwheel spacecraft configuration and a polar orbit for the operational TIROS system. Its two opposed cameras produced the first complete view of worldwide cloud cover; despite a Delta malfunction that left a wide elliptical orbit, it operated for 1,238 days and established the configuration later adopted by the ESSA weather-satellite series.
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Identity
- Aliases
- TIROS 9TIROS-ITIROS I
- Name
- TIROS-9
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- TIROS-9 tested the cartwheel spacecraft configuration and a polar orbit for the operational TIROS system. Its two opposed cameras produced the first complete view of worldwide cloud cover; despite a Delta malfunction that left a wide elliptical orbit, it operated for 1,238 days and established the configuration later adopted by the ESSA weather-satellite series.
- Destination
- Earth orbit
- Programs
- -
- Start Date
- 1965-01-22
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tiros/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:19:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:19:10 UTC
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