TIROS-1

Overview

The first successful weather satellite, which returned the first television images of Earth's cloud cover in 1960 and founded operational meteorology from space.

Knowledge connections

• OrbitLow Earth Orbit (LEO)
• Operated byNASA

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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