TIROS-M | |
Mission Type: | Weather |
Operator: | ESSANASA |
Cospar Id: | 1970-008A[1] |
Satcat: | 4320 |
Manufacturer: | RCA Astro |
Launch Mass: | 309kg (681lb) |
Launch Date: | UTC[2] |
Launch Rocket: | Delta-N6 |
Launch Site: | Vandenberg SLC-2W |
Disposal Type: | Decommissioned |
Orbit Epoch: | January 23, 1971 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
Orbit Periapsis: | 1432km (890miles) |
Orbit Apoapsis: | 1478km (918miles) |
Orbit Inclination: | 101.99 degrees |
Orbit Period: | 115 minutes |
Apsis: | gee |
Programme: | ITOS |
Previous Mission: | ESSA-9 |
Next Mission: | NOAA-1 |
TIROS-M, also known as ITOS-1 was a weather satellite operated by the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS.[3] [4] TIROS-M was launched on a Delta rocket on January 23, 1970. The launch carried one other satellite, Australis-OSCAR 5.[2] It was deactivated on June 18, 1971.