WMO OSCAR | Satellite: Nimbus-1

Satellite: Nimbus-1

Satellite details

Acronym	Nimbus-1
Full name	Nimbus-1
Satellite Description	1st flight unit of the Nimbus programme. Main mission: demonstration of advanced imagers for cloud observation. Elliptical orbit due to launcher malfunction: perigee 429 km, apogee 937 km.
Mass at launch	375 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Global data available from NASA/GSFC. Real-time images available by APT.
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	634 km
ECT	12:00 desc

Space agency	NASA
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	28 Aug 1964	EOL	23 Sep 1964
Last update:	2015-07-28

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Nimbus
- Nimbus-1 (1964 - 1964)
- Nimbus-2 (1966 - 1969)
- Nimbus-3 (1969 - 1972)
- Nimbus-4 (1970 - 1980)
- Nimbus-5 (1972 - 1983)
- Nimbus-6 (1975 - 1983)
- Nimbus-7 (1978 - 1994)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Nimbus-1

Acronym	Full name
APT	Automatic Picture Transmission
AVCS	Advanced Vidicon Camera System
HRIR	High Resolution Infrared Radiometer

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on Nimbus-1

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status
APT	Automatic Picture Transmission	Nov 1964 *	23 Sep 1964	N/A
AVCS	Advanced Vidicon Camera System	Nov 1964 *	23 Sep 1964	N/A
HRIR	High Resolution Infrared Radiometer	Nov 1964 *	23 Sep 1964	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed