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The first television image of Earth from space from the TIROS-1 weather satellite. Enlarge. The first television image of Earth from space from the TIROS-1 ...
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April 1 Marks 40th Anniversary of First Weather Satellite

April 1, 2000, marks the anniversary of the launch of the world's first weather satellite, the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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TIROS-1: A Look Back On A Weather Satellite That Looked Ahead

On April 1, 1960, the government launched the first weather satellite-- TIROS-1 -- into Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Franklin's Forecast - Satellite History

In 1960, the first weather satellite was launched into orbit around planet Earth. Called TIROS, for Television InfraRed Observational Satellite, ...
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First Light for a Space Weather Satellite

NASA Science News: NASA's IMAGE satellite will revolutionize space weather forecasting.
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Top Story - Tiros 40th Anniversary - March 30, 2000

APRIL 1 MARKS 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST WEATHER SATELLITE ... April 1, 2000, marks the anniversary of the launch of the world’s first weather satellite, ...
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Spaceflight :Meteorological Satellites

An early military weather satellite, first launched in 1962 ... The world's first weather satellite, a polar-orbiting satellite, was launched from Cape ...
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People's Daily Online -- China launches first weather satellite

A website by the People's Daily newspaper; China, business, world, science, education, sports news.
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The image satellite weather people need.

Weather satellite history. The first weather satellite: Tiros-1 (1 tiros) in 1960, USA. Since then we have become used to a ...
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New Launch Date For European Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellite

New Launch Date For European Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellite ... The first MetOp satellite is currently at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ...
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