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NOAA In Space
Rockets and Launches
NOAA In Space
Diagram of TIROS II launch sequence.
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Second stage of Thor-Able rocket being set in place prior to launching TIROS I.In: Weather Analysis from Satellite Observations, U.S. Navy ResearchFacility, December 1960. Figure 1.2.
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The launching of TIROS I, the first meteorological satellite.
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TIROS II ready for launch. This satellite was launched on November 23, 1960.Launch vehicle was a Thor-Delta rocket that placed the satellite in an inclinedorbit (50 degrees to Equator) at about 420 nautical miles. Cover of WeatherBureau Topics for
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A TIROS night launch on a Thor-Delta rocket.
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Bumper No. 8, a captured German V-2 rocket, lifts off from Cape Canaveral. Thisrocket exploded in flight, but was the first to lift off from a launch pad atCape Canaveral.
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NOAA 1 (ITOS -A) lifts off on Launch Vehicle Delta 81.
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NOAA 2 lifts off.
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ESSA 4 lifts off. Pre-launch designated TOS B. Launch Vehicle was Delta 45.
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ESSA 6 lifts off. Launch Vehicle was Delta 54.
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ESSA 6 lifts off. Launch Vehicle was Delta 54.
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NOAA 5 lifts off. This satellite weighed 749 pounds , entered a near circularpolar orbit 939.89 by 934.98 statute miles above the Earth, orbited every 116.32 minutes, and was inclined to the equator at 102.105 degrees. In addition tovisible and inf
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The nine solid rocket motors used to augment the thrust of Delta 116 are beingjettisoned 87 seconds after the launch at approximately 18 miles altitude.
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GOES-C awaits launch aboard Delta Launch Vehicle 142. After launch thissatellite was designated GOES 3. It was placed in geostationary orbit at 135degrees west longitude.
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TIROS-N lifts off carried aloft by an Atlas launch vehicle.
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GOES-D sits atop Delta 152 Launch Vehicle moments before ignition and liftoff.GOES-D became GOES 4 when placed in orbit. This satellite was placed ingeosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the nation of Colombia in South America.
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GOES-E sits atop Delta 154 at Launch Complex 17. GOES-E was designated GOES 5after placing into orbit.
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GOES-F launching into orbit. GOES-F was designated GOES-6 after attainingorbit.
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NOAA-11 being launched, a TIROS-N spacecraft.
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GOES G ends in a fiery explosion as the Cape Canaveral Range Safety Officerdestroys Delta Launch Vehicle 178 after 91 seconds.
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