TIROS-6
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Mission type | Weather satellite |
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Operator | NASA |
Harvard designation | 1962 αψ1 |
COSPAR ID | 1962-047A |
SATCAT no. | 397 |
Mission duration | 1 year and 1 month |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | TIROS |
Manufacturer | RCA Astro / GSFC |
Launch mass | 127.5 kilograms (281 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 18, 1962, 08:52 LC-17A | UTC
End of mission | |
Last contact | October 21, 1963 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.00191[1] |
Perigee altitude | 686 kilometers (426 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 712 kilometers (442 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 58.32°[1] |
Period | 98.70 minutes[1] |
Epoch | September 18, 1962[1] |
Instruments | |
Television Camera System | |
TIROS → |
TIROS 6 (also called TIROS-F) was a spin-stabilized
Launch
TIROS 6 was launched on September 18, 1962, by a
Mission
TIROS 6 was designed to further demonstrate the capability of a
A single monopole
The interaction between the induced magnetic field in the spacecraft and the Earth's magnetic field provided the necessary torque for attitude control. TIROS-6 was equipped with two 1.27-cm vidicon TV cameras, one medium angle and one wide angle, for taking Earth cloudcover pictures. The pictures were transmitted directly to either of two ground receiving stations or were stored in a tape recorder on board for subsequent playback, depending on whether the satellite was within or beyond the communication range of the station.
TIROS-6 performed normally from launch until November 29, 1962, when the medium-angle camera
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "TIROS 6". National Space Science Data Center Master Catalog. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ "TIROS 6 (1962-047A)". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
External links
- Real Time Satellite Tracking - TIROS 6. N2yo.com.