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Tiros 1

Thor Able II · Earth Science

1960Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral

Mission

TIROS-1 was the first successful low-Earth orbital weather satellite, and the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.

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Mission Facts

Provider: USAF
Rocket: Thor Able II
Orbit: LEO
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
NET precision: Year
Data source: LL2

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