SATELLITES-------
NIMBUS-NI VII--------
NIMBUS-NI VII--------
SATELLITE DESCRIPTION:
The spacecraft was designed and configured the same as all previous NIMBUS satellites. The total weight of the spacecraft was the largest ever for a meteorological satellite-2176 pounds.
NIMBUS VI carried eight highly complex sensors which were all improved versions of sensors previously flown on NIMBUS satellites. They were a Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer, a High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder, an Earth Radiation Budget experiment, an Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer, a Pressure Modulated Radiometer, a Solar Backscatter UV/Total Ozone Mapping Spectrophotometer, a Temperature, Humidity Infrared Radiometer and a Tropical Wind, Energy Conversion and Reference Level experiment The craft was powered by 10,500 solar cells and two SNAP-19 nuclear powered generators.
The spacecraft was designed and configured the same as all previous NIMBUS satellites. The total weight of the spacecraft was the largest ever for a meteorological satellite-2176 pounds.
NIMBUS VI carried eight highly complex sensors which were all improved versions of sensors previously flown on NIMBUS satellites. They were a Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer, a High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder, an Earth Radiation Budget experiment, an Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer, a Pressure Modulated Radiometer, a Solar Backscatter UV/Total Ozone Mapping Spectrophotometer, a Temperature, Humidity Infrared Radiometer and a Tropical Wind, Energy Conversion and Reference Level experiment The craft was powered by 10,500 solar cells and two SNAP-19 nuclear powered generators.
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