Observing Weather from Space

Observing Weather from Space

On 1 April 1960, the world's first weather satellite, the Television Infrared Observation Satellite 1 (TIROS 1), was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, into a 99-min orbit at an altitude of about 725 km. The cylindrical (1.1-m diameter, 0.48-m tall), 120-kg spacecraft was spin-stabilized, r...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2010-02, Vol.327 (5969), p.1085-1086
Hauptverfasser: Kidder, Stanley Q., Haar, Thomas H. Vonder
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Artificial satellites
Clouds
Forecasting models
Meteorological satellites
Meteorology
Observational research
Perspectives
Spacecraft launching
Weather
Weather forecasting
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Zusammenfassung:On 1 April 1960, the world's first weather satellite, the Television Infrared Observation Satellite 1 (TIROS 1), was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, into a 99-min orbit at an altitude of about 725 km. The cylindrical (1.1-m diameter, 0.48-m tall), 120-kg spacecraft was spin-stabilized, rotating between 8 and 12 times per min. It carried two television cameras that pointed parallel to the spin axis and could take 32 pictures per orbit (1). Although the results were modest by today's standards (see the figure), TIROS 1 revolutionized the field of meteorology.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1185867