TIROS-9

former American weather satellite

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.

Mission type	Weather satellite +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Operator	NASA +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
COSPAR ID	1965-004A +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
SATCAT no.	978 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES

Spacecraft type	TIROS +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Manufacturer	RCA / GSFC +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch mass	138.30 kilograms (304.9 lb) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Dimensions	1.07 m × 0.56 m (3.5 ft × 1.8 ft) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

EXPEDITION

CREW

START OF MISSION

Launch date	January 22, 1965, 07:52 (1965-01-22UTC07:52Z) UTC +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Rocket	Thor-Delta C 374/D-28 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-17A +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

END OF MISSION

Last contact

February 15, 1967

ORBITAL PARAMETERS

Reference system	Geocentric +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Regime	Low Earth +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Eccentricity	0.11693 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Inclination	96.43° +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Period	119.23 minutes +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Epoch	January 22, 1965 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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