TIROS-N satellite is the first of the TIROS-N series. It is a weather satellite launched on 13 October 1978.
It was designed to become operational during 2 years. Its mass is 734 kilograms.
Its
perigee
An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides (also called apse line, or major axis of the orbit) is the line connecting the two extreme values.
Apsides perta ...
to
Earth
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is 829 kilometers. Its
apogee
An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides (also called apse line, or major axis of the orbit) is the line connecting the two extreme values.
Apsides perta ...
is 845 kilometers away from Earth. Its
inclination
Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body. It is expressed as the angle between a reference plane and the orbital plane or axis of direction of the orbiting object.
For a satellite orbiting the Eart ...
is 98.70°. It was managed by the U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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(NOAA); designed and launched by
NASA
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. The spacecraft was
3-axis stabilized.
TIROS-N was operated for 868 days until deactivated by NOAA on 27 February 1981.
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Gallery of cyclones captured by this satellite
Image:Tip 1979-10-14 0553Z.jpg, Typhoon Tip (14 October 1979) 2 days after reaching peak intensity.
Image:Bob 10 jul 1979 2128Z TN.jpg, Hurricane Bob (10 July 1979)
Image:Claudette 24 jul 1979 2040Z TN.jpg, Tropical Storm Claudette (24 July 1979)
Image:Frederic 12 sep 1979 2009Z TN.jpg, Hurricane Frederic (12 September 1979)
Image:Henri 17 sep 1979 2059Z TN.jpg, Hurricane Henri (17 September 1979)
Image:Gloria 08 sep 1979 1730Z TN.jpg, Hurricane Gloria (8 September 1979)
References
External links
ITOS/TIROS-N/ATN (NOAA) series
Weather satellites of the United States
Spacecraft launched in 1978
Derelict satellites orbiting Earth
Television Infrared Observation Satellites
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