Tiros 01

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General

Designation	00029 / 60002B
Launch date	1 Apr 1960
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Meteorology
Perigee/Apogee	656/696 km
Inclination	48.4°
Period	98.3 min
Launch vehicle	Thor Able
Launch site	Cape Canaveral
Mass at launch	119.5 kg

Transmited the first pictures of the cloud cover. It returned 23000 black and white pictures.
Was built by RCA Astro Electronics in East Windsor, New Jersey.

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End of life

Out of service	mid June 1960 (operated only 78 days)
Cause	failure
Decay

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