TIROS-6
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TIROS 6 (also called TIROS-F) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the sixth in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
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 (1962-09-18UTC08:52Z) UTC[2] |
Rocket | Thor-Delta |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
End of mission | |
Last contact | October 21, 1963 (1963-10-22) |
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 | |
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