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Weather Satellites: ESSA VIII

ESSA VIII - Environmental Science Services Administration Satellite VIII

Launch date: December 15, 1968

Launch site: Vandenberg AFB, California

Launch vehicle: Two stage long tank Delta

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

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