TIROS-N

Summary

TIROS-N is a weather satellite^[1]. TIROS-N draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #27 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• TIROS-N's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[3].
• TIROS-N's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[4].
• TIROS-N's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[5].
• TIROS-N's part of the series is recorded as Television Infrared Observation Satellite^[6].
• TIROS-N's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1978-096A^[7].
• TIROS-N's subclass of is recorded as TIROS-N^[8].
• TIROS-N's Commons category is recorded as TIROS-N^[9].
• TIROS-N's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas E/F^[10].
• TIROS-N's SCN is recorded as 11060^[11].
• TIROS-N's country of origin is recorded as United States^[12].
• TIROS-N's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit^[13].
• TIROS-N's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1978-10-13T00:00:00Z^[14].
• TIROS-N's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010hrbvp^[15].
• TIROS-N's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[16].
• TIROS-N's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[17].
• TIROS-N's launch contractor is recorded as Convair^[18].
• TIROS-N's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 West^[19].
• TIROS-N's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "11060"]^[20].
• TIROS-N's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1978-096A^[21].

Why It Matters

TIROS-N draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #27 of 77).^[2]