TIROS-1
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:40:09
Friday April 1, 1960
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Mission Details
Launch Notes
Final flight of Thor-Able
TIROS-1
TIROS-1 (or TIROS-A) was the first successful low-Earth orbital weather satellite, and the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
123 kilograms
Rocket
Launch Site
Stats
Thor-Able
7th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1960
1960
6th
Orbital launch attempt