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  skos:definition """TIROS-7 Objectives:

Continue research and development of the meteorological
satellite information system; obtain improved data for use in
weather forecasting, especially during hurricane season.

Description:

The spacecraft was 42 inches in diameter, 19 inches high and
weighed 270 pounds. The craft was made of aluminum alloy and
stainless steel then covered by 9200 solar cells. The solar
cells served to charge the nickel-cadmium (nicad)
batteries. Three pairs of solid-propellant spin rockets were
mounted on the base plate.

TIROS-7 was also designed to make infrared measurements of
reflected solar and terrestrial radiation over selected spectrum
ranges and gather data on electron density and temperature in
space. To accomplish this new expanded mission, TIROS-7 carried
two wide-angle camera systems, a magnetic tape recorder, and
infrared experimentation equipment. The electron density and
temperature probes were the same as the ones flown on board
Explorer 17.

The spacecraft operating system still included the infrared
horizon scanner, the north direction indicator, despin weights
and spinup rockets, and the magnetic attitude control
system. TIROS-7 was deactivated after furnishing over 30,000
cloud photographs; it lasted the longest of the TIROS series
thus far, 1809 days.

Experiments on Tiros-7:
Low-Resolution Omnidirectional Radiometer
Scanning Radiometer
Langmuir Probe
Television Camera System

Additional information available at
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/tiros

[Summary provided by NASA]


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   Entry_ID: TIROS-7
   Group: Platform_Identification
      Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
      Platform_Series_or_Entity: TIROS
      Short_Name: TIROS-7
      Long_Name: Television Infrared Operational
   End_Group
   Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
      Short_Name: TIROS G
      Short_Name: 00604
   End_Group
   Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
      Short_Name: SR
   End_Group
   Group: Orbit
      Orbit_Inclination: 58.2 deg
      Period: 88.3 min
      Perigee: 188 km
      Apogee: 194 km
   End_Group
   Creation_Date: 2007-11-14
   Online_Resource: http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/tiros
   Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1963-024A
   Sample_Image: http://www.cira.colostate.edu/cira/RAMM//hillger/TIROS-7_cover.jpg
   Group: Platform_Logistics
      Launch_Date: 1963-06-19
      Launch_Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA
      Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA
   End_Group
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