Tiros N

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General

Designation	11060 / 78096A
Launch date	13 Oct 1978
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Meteorology
Perigee/Apogee	829/845 km
Inclination	98.7°
Period	101.7 min
Launch vehicle	Atlas F
Launch site	Vandenberg

Was a research and development spacecraft serving as a protoflight for the operational follow-on series

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External resources

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	GE Astro Space
Platform	Tiros N
Mass at launch	725 kg
Mass in orbit
Diameter	1.88 m
Heigth	3.71 m
Solar array	1 single panel
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

136.77 & 135.50 MHz

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