Weather Space Wheel

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dc.contributor.authorRCA
dc.contributor.authorRadio Corporation of America
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-14T15:09:33Z
dc.date.available2014-05-14T15:09:33Z
dc.date.issued1965
dc.descriptionThis TIROS satellite - ninth in the successful TIROS series built by RCA for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - is the first spacecraft to "roll" in orbit around world. Its two TV cameras are positioned radially opposite each other so that with each half-turn of the wheel, either camera faces toward the earth. Built by RCA's Astro-Electronics Division the TIROS wheel observes the entire earth and its cloud cover once a day. Abraham Schnapf, RCA's TIROS project manager, shows the spacecraft in its wheel position.en_US
dc.identifier.issnIndustry-20th Century-RCA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10929/32193
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherRCAen_US
dc.subjectMeteorological satellitesen_US
dc.subjectWeather satellitesen_US
dc.titleWeather Space Wheelen_US
dc.title.alternativeTIROS 9en_US
dc.typeImageen_US

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