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TIROS-1

1957–1969: Opening the Space Age

TIROS-1

First successful television weather satellite.

Era 1 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 1960
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Earth orbit
Category
Meteorology
Status
Success
Vehicle
Thor DM 18-Able II
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
Geocentric
Duration
75 days (90 days planned)

Why it happened

TIROS-1 flew during 1957–1969: Opening the Space Age, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First successful television weather satellite.

Results

First successful television weather satellite.

Related missions

TIROS-1 Korabl-Sputnik 2 — same_target Korabl-Sputni… Explorer 6 — same_target Explorer 6 Vostok 1 — same_target Vostok 1 Explorer 1 — same_target Explorer 1

Sources & image credits

  • Wikimedia Commons, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog