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50th Anniversary of the TIROS Satellite

The first satellite designed to observe clouds was launched on April 1, 1960.


NASA images from Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (TIROS 1) Meteorological Satellite Photographic Atlas: Photography from TIROS 1, Launched April 1, 1960. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published April 3, 2010
Data acquired April 1, 1960

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TIROS