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TIROS-10
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TIROS-10 (also called TIROS OT-1) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the tenth and last in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
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![]() 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 (1965-07-02UTC04:07Z) UTC[2] |
Rocket | Thor-Delta C |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-17B |
End of mission | |
Last contact | July 31, 1966 (1966-08-01) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth 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 | |
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