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Launch of ESSA I, the first satellite actually owned and operated by aforerunner of NOAA. Although the Weather Bureau used and studied the data fromTIROS I - X, NASA operated these satellites. ESSA I was the first of the TIROSOperational Satellite (TOS) satellites.
Display Date
1966 February 3
Location
Florida, Cape Canaveral
Collection
NOAA in Space
Rockets and Launches
Keywords
Space
Rocket
Launch