NASA Nimbus-1 Earth-Observation Spacecraft
NASA’s first Nimbus Earth-observation orbiter, launched in 1964, pioneered weather and environmental observations with visible, infrared, ultraviolet, and microwave instruments; it returned more than 27,000 images before solar-power failure ended operations later that year.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Nimbus-1Nimbus 1Nimbus ANimbus-I
- Family Name
- Nimbus 1
- Full Name
- NASA Nimbus-1 Earth-Observation Spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryearth_observationresearchweather
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s first Nimbus Earth-observation orbiter, launched in 1964, pioneered weather and environmental observations with visible, infrared, ultraviolet, and microwave instruments; it returned more than 27,000 images before solar-power failure ended operations later that year.
- First Flight Year
- 1,964
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/nimbus/
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:43:53 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 17:49:47 UTC