NASA Nimbus-5 Meteorological Spacecraft
NASA’s fifth Nimbus Earth-observation orbiter, launched in 1972 to extend meteorological research with advanced atmospheric temperature, water-vapor, ozone, rainfall, and sea-ice observations for weather forecasting.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Nimbus-5Nimbus 5Nimbus ENimbus-V
- Family Name
- Nimbus 5
- Full Name
- NASA Nimbus-5 Meteorological Spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryearth_observationresearchweather
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s fifth Nimbus Earth-observation orbiter, launched in 1972 to extend meteorological research with advanced atmospheric temperature, water-vapor, ozone, rainfall, and sea-ice observations for weather forecasting.
- First Flight Year
- 1,972
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/nimbus/
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:51:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 17:47:42 UTC