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
Schlagworte:	Abstract spaces Artificial satellites Clouds Forecasting models Meteorological satellites Meteorology Observational research Perspectives Spacecraft launching Weather Weather forecasting
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