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ITOS-E

ITOS-E was a weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS. ITOS-E was released on July 16, 1973, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with a Delta rocket, but failed to achieve orbit.

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ITOS-E
Mission typeWeather
OperatorNOAA1
Mission durationLaunch failure
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerRCA Astro
Launch mass747 kilograms (1,647 lb)
Start of mission
Launch dateJuly 16, 1973, 00:00 (1973-07-16Z) UTC2
RocketDelta-300
Launch siteVandenberg SLC-2W
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-synchronous
EpochPlanned
ITOS

ITOS-E was a weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS.3 ITOS-E was released on July 16, 1973, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with a Delta rocket, but failed to achieve orbit.

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References

  1. "NASA/NSSDC ITOS-E1 spacecraft details". Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  3. Wade, Mark. "ITOS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on June 21, 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2018.