TIROS

TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, was a series of early weather satellites launched by NASA, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. The program was successful in proving the usefulness of satellite weather observation.TIROS continued as the ESSA TIROS Operational System, and was eventually succeeded by the NOAA ITOS (Improved TIROS Operational System), or TIROS-M, and then by the TIROS-N and Advanced TIROS-N series of satellites.TIROS-1 (A)- launched April 1, 1960, suffered electrical system failure on June 15 1960TIROS-2 (B)- launched November 23, 1960, failed January 22, 1961TIROS-3 (C)- launched July 12 1961, deactivated February 28, 1962TIROS-4 (D)- launched February 8 1962, failed on June 30 1962 (both cameras failed earlier)TIROS-5 (E)- launched June 19 1962, failed on May 13, 1963TIROS-6 (F)- launched September 18 1962, failed October 21 1963TIROS-7 (G)- launched June 19 1963, deactivated June 3, 1968TIROS-8 (H)- launched December 21 1963, deactivated July 1, 1967TIROS-9 (I)- launched January 1, 1965, failed February 15 1967. First Tiros satellite in near-polar orbitTIROS-10 (OT-1)- launched July 2 1965, deactivated July 31, 1966 TIROS Operational SystemESSA-1 (OT-3)ESSA-2 (OT-2)ESSA-3 (TOS-A)ESSA-4 (TOS-B)ESSA-5 (TOS-C)ESSA-6 (TOS-D)ESSA-7 (TOS-E)ESSA-8 (TOS-F)ESSA-9 (TOS-G) ITOS/TIROS-MTIROS-M (ITOS-1)NOAA-1 (ITOS-A)ITOS-BITOS-CNOAA-2 (ITOS-D)ITOS-ENOAA-3 (ITOS-F)NOAA-4 (ITOS-G)NOAA-5 (ITOS-H) TIROS-NTIROS-NNOAA-6 (A)NOAA-BNOAA-7 (C) Advanced TIROS-NNOAA-8 (E)NOAA-9 (F)NOAA-10 (G)NOAA-11 (H)NOAA-12 (D)NOAA-13 (I)NOAA-14 (J)NOAA-15 (K)NOAA-16 (L)NOAA-17 (M)NOAA-18 (N)NOAA-N' (launch no earlier that December 6 2007)
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Les satellites Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) sont une des premières séries de satellites lançée par la NASA et son tout premier satellite météorologique circumpolaire ayant eu du succès. TIROS-1 fut mis en orbite en 1960 et avait à son bord deux caméras de télévision pour envoyer des images des nuages vers une station terrestre. Il démontra que le concept était bon même si sa durée de vie ne fut que de 78 jours. Dix de cette première génération furent lançés.
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Im TIROS-Programm, dessen erste Generation zwischen 1960 und 1966 lief, gab es zehn Satelliten. Dieses Programm wurde von den USA gestartet. Tiros 1 war der erste Satellit zur Bestimmung und Vorhersage der Großwetterlage und zur Übermittlung von Aufnahmen der Wolkenfelder an die Erdstationen. Eingesetzt wurden Vidicon-TV-Kameras, um die Schematik der Wolkendecke zu beobachten.
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TIROS 2 (ang. Television Infrared Observational Satellite; Satelita obserwacji telewizyjnych i podczerwonych) -  amerykański satelita meteorologiczny. Następca satelity TIROS 1. Był to pierwszy satelita meteorologiczny posiadający jednocześnie kamery TV i czujniki na podczerwień. TIROS 2 przesłał 36 156 zdjęć, z czego 26 650 było użytecznych meteorologicznie.
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Tiros é um município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais.
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