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1962 · United States Air Force

Tiros 6

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NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.

Overview

Date / time: September 18, 1962 at 08:53 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission: Tiros 6
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Launch provider

United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1