TIROS-1

former American weather satellite
Vehicle weather_satellite Q646764
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TIROS-1

Summary

TIROS-1 is a weather satellite[1]. TIROS-1 ranks in the top 4% of weather_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • TIROS-1's image is recorded as TIROS-1 image (cropped).jpg[3].
  • TIROS-1's instance of is recorded as weather satellite[4].
  • TIROS-1's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
  • TIROS-1's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[6].
  • TIROS-1's operator is recorded as Environmental Science Services Administration[7].
  • TIROS-1's followed by is recorded as TIROS-2[8].
  • TIROS-1's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation[9].
  • TIROS-1's part of the series is recorded as TIROS[10].
  • TIROS-1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1960-002B[11].
  • TIROS-1's part of is recorded as TIROS[12].
  • TIROS-1's Commons category is recorded as TIROS 1[13].
  • TIROS-1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor Able II[14].
  • TIROS-1's SCN is recorded as 00029[15].
  • TIROS-1's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth[16].
  • TIROS-1's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • TIROS-1's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[18].
  • TIROS-1's powered by is recorded as nickel–cadmium battery[19].
  • TIROS-1's type of orbit is recorded as low Earth orbit[20].
  • TIROS-1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1960-04-01T00:00:00Z[21].
  • TIROS-1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d3jz[22].
  • TIROS-1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[23].
  • TIROS-1's significant event is recorded as breakdown[24].
  • TIROS-1's significant event is recorded as service retirement[25].
  • TIROS-1's topic's main category is recorded as Category:TIROS 1[26].
  • TIROS-1's Commons gallery is recorded as TIROS-1[27].

Why It Matters

TIROS-1 ranks in the top 4% of weather_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[2] TIROS-1 has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] TIROS-1 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ntrs.nasa.gov. ntrs.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ntrs.nasa.gov. ntrs.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ntrs.nasa.gov. ntrs.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ntrs.nasa.gov. ntrs.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). TIROS-1. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tiros-1
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tiros-1_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{TIROS-1}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tiros-1}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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