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TIROS-4
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TIROS-4 (also called TIROS-D and A9) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the fourth in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
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Mission type | Weather satellite |
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Operator | NASA |
Harvard designation | 1962 β 1 |
COSPAR ID | 1962-002A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 226 |
Mission duration | 6 months |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | TIROS |
Manufacturer | RCA Astro / GSFC |
Launch mass | 129.3 kilograms (285 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | February 8, 1962, 12:29 (1962-02-08UTC12:29Z) UTC[2] |
Rocket | Thor-Delta |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
End of mission | |
Last contact | June 30, 1962 (1962-07-01) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.00894[1] |
Perigee altitude | 712 kilometers (442 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 840 kilometers (520 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 48.3°[1] |
Period | 100 minutes[1] |
Epoch | February 8, 1962[1] |
Instruments | |
Low Resolution Omnidirectional Radiometer Widefield Radiometer Scanning Radiometer Television Camera System | |
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