WMO OSCAR | Satellite: TIROS-6

Satellite: TIROS-6

Satellite details

Acronym	TIROS-6
Full name	Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite - 6
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	6th flight unit of the TIROS programme. Main mission: cloud imagery.
Mass at launch	127 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Data available from NASA.
Orbit	Drifting orbit	Altitude	700 km
Inclination	58.3 °

Space agency	NASA
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	18 Sep 1962	EOL	12 Oct 1963
Last update:	2015-07-29

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

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

Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite
- TIROS-1 (1960 - 1960)
- TIROS-2 (1960 - 1961)
- TIROS-3 (1961 - 1962)
- TIROS-4 (1962 - 1962)
- TIROS-5 (1962 - 1963)
- TIROS-6 (1962 - 1963)
- TIROS-7 (1963 - 1968)
- TIROS-8 (1963 - 1967)
- TIROS-9 (1965 - 1968)
- TIROS-10 (1965 - 1967)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on TIROS-6

Acronym	Full name
VCS-MA	Vidicon Camera System - Medium Angle
VCS-WA	Vidicon Camera System - Wide Angle

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on TIROS-6

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
VCS-MA	Vidicon Camera System - Medium Angle	Jan 1963 *	12 Oct 1963	N/A
VCS-WA	Vidicon Camera System - Wide Angle	Jan 1963 *	12 Oct 1963	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed