Weatherman Satellite In Orbit
Weatherman Satellite In Orbit
Clip: 363672_1_1
Year Shot: 1960
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1678
Original Film: 033-095-01
HD: N/A
Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida
Timecode: 00:49:03 - 00:50:28
Weatherman Satellite In Orbit Cape Canaveral, the tiros ii satellite is fired into a nearly perfect circular orbit around the earth. Fitted with two TV cameras, it broadcasts back pictures of the earth's cloud cover ever vast areas, for study by ground observers paving the way for a robot weatherman in the sky. Scientific equipment. Animation of satellites orbit around the earth. Key ground stations in California and New Jersey track Tiros. Radars. Meteorologists. Antenna Programmer. Data collection. Weather observation specialist.