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pl23_spac0015.jpg

Launch of ESSA I, the first satellite actually owned and operated by aforerunner of NOAA

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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