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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)

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