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Today marks the 65th anniversary of the first image from a meteorological satellite: #TIROS1. cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
64th anniversary of the first image from a meteorological satellite
Today marks the 64th anniversary of the first image from the meteorological satellite TIROS-1, which was available on 01 April 1960. While TIROS-1 was only operational for 78 days, it provided a numbe...
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April 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #April1, 1960 #TIROS1 #satellite, 1st of the #WeatherSatellites, launched then transmits #FirstTVPictureFromSpace! #TIROS #TIROSSatellites #WeatherSatellites #SpaceflightFirsts #OuterSpaceFirsts #TVPicturesFromSpace #SpaceSky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIROS-1
April 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #April1, 1960 #TIROS1 #satellite, 1st of the #WeatherSatellites, launched then transmits #FirstTVPictureFromSpace! #TIROS #TIROSSatellites #WeatherSatellites #SpaceflightFirsts #OuterSpaceFirsts #TVPicturesFromSpace
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIROS-1
April 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
gstephensonwx.bsky.social
On this date 65 years ago, TIROS 1, the 1st weather satellite was launched. This is the first picture it took. The 2nd picture was taken this afternoon by the NOAA GOES-East (GOES 16) weather satellite. Things have changed a bit in the past six decades. #SpectrumNews1 #NCWX #NOAA #TIROS1 #GOES
April 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM