NASA TIROS-1 Weather Satellite
NASA’s TIROS-1, launched in 1960, was the first weather satellite and demonstrated that television cloud-cover images from orbit could support weather observation and forecasting; it operated for 78 days.
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Identity
- Aliases
- TIROS-1TIROS 1Television InfraRed Observation Satellite 1Tiros I
- Family Name
- TIROS-1
- Full Name
- NASA TIROS-1 Weather Satellite
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryearth_observationresearchweather
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s TIROS-1, launched in 1960, was the first weather satellite and demonstrated that television cloud-cover images from orbit could support weather observation and forecasting; it operated for 78 days.
- First Flight Year
- 1,960
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tiros/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:55:21 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 17:42:12 UTC