TIROS-N > Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N |
(MI_Platform) platform_91 uuid: 8293A0696449322CE040AC8C5AB453FE identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: TIROS-N > Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N description: TIROS-N - Launched: October 13, 1978. Instruments: AVHRR, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SEM and Argos/DCS. Operational Dates: November 05, 1978 to January 30, 1980. TIROS-N was placed in a near circular, (470nm) polar orbit. The spacecraft was rectangular shaped (146" long by 74" high) with one large solar panel attached. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed 1594 pounds. TIROS-N remained operational for 868 days until deactivated by NOAA. sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32CE-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743 title: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSO > Office of Satellite Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce sponsor: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/86832756-32D8-46E2-E040-0AC8C5AB43743 title: NASA/GSFC > Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89775F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B88875F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: HIRS/2 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/2 instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89175F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: MSU > Microwave Sounding Unit instrument: xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/8293FAD4B89475F2E040AC8C5AB4576F title: SSU > Stratospheric Sounding Unit |