TIROS-10
Mission type | Weather satellite |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1965-051A |
SATCAT no. | 1430 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | TIROS |
Manufacturer | RCA / GSFC |
Launch mass | 138.30 kilograms (304.9 lb)[1] |
Dimensions | 1.07 m × 0.56 m (3.5 ft × 1.8 ft) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | July 2, 1965, 04:07 LC-17B | UTC
End of mission | |
Last contact | July 31, 1966 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Sun-synchronous |
Eccentricity | 0.005991[1] |
Perigee altitude | 751 kilometers (467 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 837 kilometers (520 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 98.65°[1] |
Period | 100.76 minutes[1] |
Epoch | July 2, 1965[1] |
Instruments | |
Television Camera System | |
TIROS → |
TIROS-10 (also called TIROS OT-1) was a spin-stabilized
Launch
TIROS-10 was launched on July 2, 1965, by a
Mission
TIROS 10 was a
A pair of crossed-dipole
The satellite spin axis could thus be varied while the satellite remained in the conventional TIROS "axial" mode. The satellite was equipped with two identical wide-angle TV cameras with 1.27-cm vidicon for taking earth cloudcover pictures. The pictures could be transmitted directly to either of two ground receiving stations or stored in a tape recorder on board for subsequent playback if the spacecraft was beyond the communication range of the station.
The satellite was launched into a near-polar orbit and successfully provided TV coverage of the entire daylight portion of the Earth. The TV system operated normally until September 30, 1965, and sporadically through July 31, 1966, when the spacecraft was deactivated.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "TIROS 10". National Space Science Data Center Master Catalog. NASA GSFC. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ "TIROS 10 (1965-051A)". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved June 4, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.