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Jetée · 03-23-2010, 06:02 PM

The TIROS-1 was the first weather satellite, launched into a polar orbit on April 1, 1960. Equipped with two TV cameras, TIROS 1 was operational for only 78 days but demonstrated the feasibility of monitoring planet Earth’s cloud cover and weather patterns from space. TIROS satellites eventually began continuous coverage in 1962 and enabled accurate worldwide weather forecasts and alerts. Above is the first TIROS TV image, taken from an altitude of about 700 kilometers. Crude by contemporary standards, it represents the beginning of what is still one of the most important continuing applications of space technology.
Source: APOD

03-23-2010, 06:02 PM	#6942 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	continuing the retro-futuristic theme: the first tv image of Earth from space The TIROS-1 was the first weather satellite, launched into a polar orbit on April 1, 1960. Equipped with two TV cameras, TIROS 1 was operational for only 78 days but demonstrated the feasibility of monitoring planet Earth’s cloud cover and weather patterns from space. TIROS satellites eventually began continuous coverage in 1962 and enabled accurate worldwide weather forecasts and alerts. Above is the first TIROS TV image, taken from an altitude of about 700 kilometers. Crude by contemporary standards, it represents the beginning of what is still one of the most important continuing applications of space technology. Source: APOD __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi