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Nimbus
Nimbus is explored here through 7 archived missions, from Nimbus 1 through Nimbus 7, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.
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Nimbus missions
Every archived Nimbus mission, in launch order.
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Nimbus 1Successful; operations ended September 22, 1964Uncrewed Earth-observation satelliteNear-polar low Earth orbitNimbus 1 launched on August 28, 1964 for the Nimbus program.
Nimbus 3Successful; operations ended January 1972Uncrewed Earth-observation satelliteNear-polar low Earth orbitNimbus 3 launched on April 14, 1969 for the Nimbus program.
Nimbus 7Successful; operations ended 1994Uncrewed Earth-observation satelliteNear-polar low Earth orbitNimbus 7 launched on October 24, 1978 for the Nimbus program.
Nimbus 2Successful; operations ended January 1969Uncrewed Earth-observation satelliteNear-polar low Earth orbitNimbus 2 launched on May 15, 1966 for the Nimbus program.
Nimbus 4Successful; operations ended September 1980Uncrewed Earth-observation satelliteNear-polar low Earth orbitNimbus 4 launched on April 8, 1970 for the Nimbus program.
Nimbus 5Successful; operations ended March 1983Uncrewed Earth-observation satelliteNear-polar low Earth orbitNimbus 5 launched on December 11, 1972 for the Nimbus program.
Nimbus 6Successful; operations ended May 1983Uncrewed Earth-observation satelliteNear-polar low Earth orbitNimbus 6 launched on June 12, 1975 for the Nimbus program.