NASA Nimbus-2 Meteorological Spacecraft
NASA’s second Nimbus Earth-orbiting meteorological research spacecraft, launched in 1966 to test advanced systems for collecting meteorological data and improve weather observation and prediction.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Nimbus-2Nimbus 2Nimbus CNimbus-II
- Family Name
- Nimbus 2
- Full Name
- NASA Nimbus-2 Meteorological Spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryearth_observationresearchweather
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s second Nimbus Earth-orbiting meteorological research spacecraft, launched in 1966 to test advanced systems for collecting meteorological data and improve weather observation and prediction.
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/nimbus/
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:45:22 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 17:52:54 UTC