TIROS - World's First Weather Satellite
Monday August 18, 2008
Our Guide to Weather, Rachelle Oblack, does a great job of telling the story of TIROS - World's First Weather Satellite.
TIROS stands for Television Infrared Observation Satellite. Rachelle says, "Launched on April 1, 1960 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the TIROS-1 satellite was the first step to space-based meteorology."
Follow along as she tells the story of the entire TIROS program, including the satellites TIROS-1 through TIROS 10. This is a fascinating look at the beginnings of modern weather forcasting and a far cry from the older 1950s Weather Report.
Image Credit: NASA Glenn Research Center (NASA-GRC)