TIROS-1

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Instruments and equipment of the TIROS I.

Tiros I prototype on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

TIROS I (or TIROS-1) was the first successful low-Earth orbital weather satellite, and the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites. It was launched by NASA and partners at 6:40 AM EST^[1] on April 1, 1960, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the United States.

References [edit]

^ "U.S. Launches Camera Weather Satellite". The Fresno Bee (AP and UPI). April 1, 1960. pp. 1a, 4a.

v t e TIROS satellites

TIROS	TIROS-1 TIROS-2 TIROS-3 TIROS-4 TIROS-5 TIROS-6 TIROS-7 TIROS-8 TIROS-9 TIROS-10

TOS	ESSA-1 ESSA-2 ESSA-3 ESSA-4 ESSA-5 ESSA-6 ESSA-7 ESSA-8 ESSA-9

ITOS	TIROS-M NOAA-1 ITOS-B NOAA-2 NOAA-3 NOAA-4 NOAA-5 ITOS-E

TIROS-N	TIROS-N NOAA-6 NOAA-B NOAA-7

Adv. TIROS-N	NOAA-8 NOAA-9 NOAA-10 NOAA-11 NOAA-12 NOAA-13 NOAA-14 NOAA-15 NOAA-16 NOAA-17 NOAA-18 NOAA-19

v t e ← 1959 · Orbital launches in 1960 · 1961 →

Discoverer 9 \| Discoverer 10 \| Midas 1 \| Pioneer 5 \| S-46 \| TIROS-1 \| Transit 1B · Solrad \| Discoverer 11 \| Luna E-3 No.1 \| Luna E-3 No.2 \| Echo 1 \| Korabl-Sputnik 1 \| Midas 2 \| Transit 2A · Solrad 1 \| Discoverer 12 \| Vostok-1K No.1 \| Discoverer 13 \| Echo 1A \| Courier 1A \| Discoverer 14 \| Korabl-Sputnik 2 \| Discoverer 15 \| Pioneer P-30 \| Courier 1B \| Mars 1M No.1 \| Samos 1 \| Mars 1M No.2 \| Discoverer 16 \| Explorer 8 \| Discoverer 17 \| TIROS-2 \| Transit 3A · Solrad 2 \| Korabl-Sputnik 3 \| Explorer S-55 \| Discoverer 18 \| Pioneer P-31 \| Discoverer 19 \| Vostok-1K No.4

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.