TIROS-7
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TIROS-7 (also called TIROS-G or A-52) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the seventh in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
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- Instance of
- weather satellite
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- TIROS-8
- Follows
- TIROS-6
- Diameter
- 107
- Mass
- 134.7
- Manufacturer
- RCA Corporation
- Image
- Beulah TIROS VII Spac0014-repair.jpg
- Height
- 56
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry
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- Commons category
- TIROS 7
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1963-06-19
- space launch vehicle
- Delta B
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
- time of object orbit decay
- 1994-06-03
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TIROS-7 (also called TIROS-G or A-52) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the seventh in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
== Launch == TIROS-7 was launched on June 19, 1963, by a Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, United States. The spacecraft functioned nominally until June 3, 1968. It reentered the atmosphere after exactly 26 years on June 3, 1994. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 1 hour and 37 minutes, at an inclination of 58.2°. Its perigee was and apogee was .
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