TIROS-N, the first third-generation NOAA polar-orbiting weather satellite, launched on an Atlas F from Vandenberg SLC-3W into sun-synchronous orbit with AVHRR cloud imaging and TOVS atmospheric sounding instruments.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 9 SM-65F Atlas flights
- Date and time
- 13 October 1978, 11:23 UTC
- Rocket
- SM-65F Atlas
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 3W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1978-096
- Launches in 1978
- 99th of 128
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