TIROS-M, also known as ITOS-1 was a

weather satellite A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites are mainly of two types: polar orbiting (covering the entire Earth asyn ...

operated by the

Environmental Science Services Administration The Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) was a United States federal government, United States Federal executive agency created in 1965 as part of a reorganization of the United States Department of Commerce.

(ESSA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved

TIROS Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (TIROS) is a series of early weather satellites launched by the United States, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth, enabling sc ...

. TIROS-M was launched on a

Delta rocket The Delta rocket family was a versatile range of American rocket-powered expendable launch systems that provided space launch capability in the United States from 1960 to 2024. Japan also launched license-built derivatives (N-I (rocket), N-I, N ...

on January 23, 1970. The launch carried one other satellite,

Australis-OSCAR 5 Australis-OSCAR 5 (a.k.a. AO-5) is an amateur radio satellite that was launched into Low Earth Orbit on 23 January 1970 by a Thor Delta launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California. AO-5 was launched piggyback with TIROS-M (I ...

. It was deactivated on June 18, 1971. File:Graphic of TIROS M, also known as ITOS-1.jpg, TIROS M diagram File:TIROS M model Spac0067-repair.jpg, TIROS M mechanical and thermal test model File:Ella1970satimage.png, Image of Hurricane Ella prior to its landfall in northeast Mexico from September 11, 1970, taken by ITOS-1 File:Southern Hemisphere Sea Surface Temperatures, 1970 (50700829562).jpg, Sea-surface temperature map of the Southern Hemisphere created from ITOS data from September 6–8, 1970

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