SATELLITES-------
NIMBUS-NI VII--------
NIMBUS-NI VII--------
Weather Satellites:
NIMBUS VII
NIMBUS VII
Launch date: October 24, 1978
Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Launch vehicle: Two-stage Delta 2910
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
To gather data to determine the physical characterization of the global atmosphere, the oceans, the ocean-atmosphere interface, and the Earth's heat balance. In addition to APT capability, experiment data was to be transmitted to Earth immediately.
NIMBUS VII
Launch date: October 24, 1978
Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Launch vehicle: Two-stage Delta 2910
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
To gather data to determine the physical characterization of the global atmosphere, the oceans, the ocean-atmosphere interface, and the Earth's heat balance. In addition to APT capability, experiment data was to be transmitted to Earth immediately.
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