Mission type | Weather satellite |
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Operator | NASA |
Harvard designation | 1961 Ro 1 |
COSPAR ID | 1961-017A |
SATCAT no. | 162 |
Mission duration | 6 months |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | TIROS |
Manufacturer | RCA Astro / GSFC |
Launch mass | 129.3 kilograms (285 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | July 12, 1961, 10:19[2] | UTC
Rocket | Thor DM-19 Delta |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
End of mission | |
Last contact | February 28, 1962 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.00489 |
Perigee altitude | 742 kilometers (461 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 812 kilometers (505 mi) |
Inclination | 47.9° |
Period | 100.41 minutes |
Epoch | July 12, 1961 |
Instruments | |
Low Resolution Omnidirectional Radiometer Widefield Radiometer Scanning Radiometer Television Camera System | |
TIROS-3 (or TIROS-C) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the third in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.