Success

Thor Able II | Tiros 1

Name: Thor Able II | Tiros 1
Start: 1960-04-01T11:40:09Z

Fri 1 Apr, 11:40 UTC

TIROS-1 was the first successful low-Earth orbital weather satellite, and the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.

Mission type: Earth Science · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)