SATELLITES-------
NIMBUS-NI III--------
NIMBUS-NI III--------
Weather Satellites:
NIMBUS III
NIMBUS III
Launch date: April 13, 1969
Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Launch vehicle: Thorad-Agena D
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
NIMBUS III was a replacement for NIMBUS B which was destroyed in a launch failure. NIMBUS III was the first US weather satellite to make day and night global measurements from space of temperatures at varying levels in the atmosphere. Other mission objectives included providing support for international programs designed to gather vital oceanographic data, and large-scale atmospheric data for use in newly designed computer prediction models of the atmosphere.
NIMBUS III
Launch date: April 13, 1969
Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Launch vehicle: Thorad-Agena D
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
NIMBUS III was a replacement for NIMBUS B which was destroyed in a launch failure. NIMBUS III was the first US weather satellite to make day and night global measurements from space of temperatures at varying levels in the atmosphere. Other mission objectives included providing support for international programs designed to gather vital oceanographic data, and large-scale atmospheric data for use in newly designed computer prediction models of the atmosphere.
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