TIROS-9
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TIROS-9 (also called TIROS-I or A-54) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the ninth in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
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Vinony's link graph records 118 inbound references to TIROS-9, and connects out to Television Infrared Observation Satellite, apsis and weather satellite.
It is catalogued under topics including Source attribution, Spacecraft launched in 1965 and Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- weather satellite
- Country of origin
- United States
- Followed by
- TIROS-10
- Follows
- TIROS-8
- Diameter
- 107
- Mass
- 138.3
- Manufacturer
- RCA Corporation
- Image
- The World's Weather Spac0024-repair.jpg
- Height
- 56
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1965-01-22
- space launch vehicle
- Delta C
- powered by
- nickel–cadmium battery
- Commons category
- TIROS 9
- type of orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit
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Encyclopedic overview
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TIROS-9 (also called TIROS-I or A-54) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the ninth in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
== Launch == TIROS-9 was launched on January 22, 1965, by a Thor-Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The spacecraft functioned nominally until February 15, 1967. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 2 hours, at an inclination of 96°. Its perigee was and apogee was .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TIROS-9” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.