United States Air ForceThor-DeltaSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Delta DM-19 | Tiros-3
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United States Air Force's 50th launch · 12th this year · humanity's 115th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 12, 10:25 – Jul 12, 10:25 UTC
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TIROS-3
TIROS-3 was a NASA spin-stabilised weather satellite carrying television cameras and radiometers to image cloud cover and measure Earth's radiation budget. It photographed several 1961 Atlantic hurricanes before its instruments degraded.
Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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