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pl23_spac0093.jpg

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Description

Launch of TIROS I by a Thor-Able rocket. This was the first meteorologicalsatellite launched into orbit.

Display Date

1960 April 01

Location

Florida, Cape Canaveral

Collection

NOAA in Space

Keywords

Space

Rocket

Launch