SATELLITES-------
TIROS-TIROS III-------
TIROS-TIROS III-------
Weather Satellites:
TIROS III
TIROS III - Television Infrared Observation Satellite III
Launch date: July 12, 1961
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch vehicle: Three-stage Delta
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
Continued development of the experimental television techniques and infrared equipment leading to a world-wide meteorological information system. To obtain infrared measurements of the solar energy absorbed, reflected and emitted by the earth.
TIROS III - Television Infrared Observation Satellite III
Launch date: July 12, 1961
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch vehicle: Three-stage Delta
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
Continued development of the experimental television techniques and infrared equipment leading to a world-wide meteorological information system. To obtain infrared measurements of the solar energy absorbed, reflected and emitted by the earth.
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