WMO OSCAR | Satellite: TIROS-9

Satellite: TIROS-9

Satellite details

Acronym	TIROS-9
Full name	Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite - 9
Satellite Description	9th flight unit of the TIROS programme. Main mission: cloud imagery. Introduction of the sunsynchronous orbit. Introduction of the "cartwheel" configuration. Because of a malfunction of the launching system, the actual orbit was elliptical with perigee 705 km and apogee 2582 km.
Mass at launch	138 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Data available from NASA.
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	1350 km
ECT	09:30 desc

Space agency	NASA
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	22 Jan 1965	EOL	12 Jun 1968
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-9

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

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on TIROS-9

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Instrument landing page	Comments
VCS-WA	Vidicon Camera System - Wide Angle	Apr 1965 *	12 Jun 1968	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed