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Weather Satellites
Polar and geostationary spacecraft that transformed weather observation and forecasting.
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Mesoscale Lightning ExperimentAtmospheric imaging experimentMission concludedThe Mesoscale Lightning Experiment repurposed standard Shuttle imaging hardware into a wide-area storm observatory.
ATS-2 spacecraftUncrewed communications and technology satelliteATS-2 spacecraft was built for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and launched on April 6, 1967.ATS-4 spacecraftUncrewed communications and technology satelliteLost during launchATS-4 spacecraft was built for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and launched on August 10, 1968.Nimbus 6 spacecraftUncrewed Earth-observation satelliteMission concludedNimbus 6 spacecraft was a about 1,630 pounds (739 kilograms) Earth-observation platform operated by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center with U.TIROS-1 spacecraftUncrewed meteorological satelliteMission concludedTIROS-1 spacecraft was the spacecraft assigned to TIROS-1 in the TIROS program.TIROS-10 spacecraftUncrewed meteorological satelliteMission concludedTIROS-10 spacecraft was the spacecraft assigned to TIROS-10 in the TIROS program.TIROS-2 spacecraftUncrewed meteorological satelliteMission concludedTIROS-2 spacecraft was the spacecraft assigned to TIROS-2 in the TIROS program.TIROS-3 spacecraftUncrewed meteorological satelliteMission concludedTIROS-3 spacecraft was the spacecraft assigned to TIROS-3 in the TIROS program.TIROS-4 spacecraftUncrewed meteorological satelliteMission concludedTIROS-4 spacecraft was the spacecraft assigned to TIROS-4 in the TIROS program.TIROS-5 spacecraftUncrewed meteorological satelliteMission concludedTIROS-5 spacecraft was the spacecraft assigned to TIROS-5 in the TIROS program.TIROS-6 spacecraftUncrewed meteorological satelliteMission concludedTIROS-6 spacecraft was the spacecraft assigned to TIROS-6 in the TIROS program.TIROS-7 spacecraftUncrewed meteorological satelliteMission concludedTIROS-7 spacecraft was the spacecraft assigned to TIROS-7 in the TIROS program.