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Weather Satellites: ESSA VI

ESSA VI - Environmental Science Services Administration Satellite VI

Launch date:
November 10, 1967

Launch site:
Vandenberg AFB, California

Launch vehicle:
Thrust augmented Three-stage Delta

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

To replace ESSA IV and provide direct readout cloud cover photography to ground stations world-wide using APT.
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