ESSA 4 (TOS-B), a U.S. Environmental Science Services Administration TIROS Operational System weather satellite launched on a Thor Delta E from Vandenberg into sun-synchronous orbit for operational Automatic Picture Transmission cloud imaging.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 132 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 6 Thor Delta E flights
- Date and time
- 26 January 1967, 17:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1967-006
- Launches in 1967
- 6th of 139
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