WMO OSCAR | Satellite: TIROS-8

Satellite: TIROS-8

Satellite details

Acronym	TIROS-8
Full name	Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite - 8
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	8th flight unit of the TIROS programme. Main mission: cloud imagery. Real-time picture transmission (APT).
Mass at launch	265 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Real-time data availability by Automatic Picture Transmission (APT).
Orbit	Drifting orbit	Altitude	730 km
Inclination	58.5 °

Space agency	NASA
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	21 Dec 1963	EOL	01 Jul 1967
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-8

Acronym	Full name
APT	Automatic Picture Transmission
VCS-WA	Vidicon Camera System - Wide Angle

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on TIROS-8

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
APT	Automatic Picture Transmission	Mar 1964 *	01 Jul 1967	N/A
VCS-WA	Vidicon Camera System - Wide Angle	Mar 1964 *	01 Jul 1967	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed