Construction details of TIROS (Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite) and meteorological instrumentation carried; Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) stations in TIROS system are located at NASA's Wallops Station, Va, and at Pacific Missile Range (PMR), Calif; picture presentation at CDA Station and operational use of television data; description of radiometer experiments; flow of data through TIROS different sensory subsystems is shown; limitations of T IROS and development of Nimbus satellite; nature of Nimbus orbit and coverage by camera subsystem.


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    Title :

    Data processing from meteorological satellites


    Additional title:

    NASA -- Proc


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    NASA -- University Conference on Science and Technology of Space Exploration ; 1962 Weather



    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    19 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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