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Named TIROS for Television Infrared Observation Satellite, it demonstrated the advantage of mapping the earth's cloud cover from satellite altitudes.
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First weather satellite was launched!
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The Applications Technology Satellite series was a set of six NASA spacecraft launched from Dec. 7, 1966, to May 30, 1974, created to explore and flight-test new technologies and techniques for communications, meteorological and navigation satellites.
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This satellite was named ITOS 1, for Improved TIROS Operational Satellite.
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Two Synchronous Meteorological Satellites (SMS) were launched by NASA: SMS-1, launched on May 17, 1974
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SMS-2, launched on February 6, 1975. The purpose of the SMS was to provide improved meteorological data on worldwide weather phenomena for improved forecasting.
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These satellites are physically larger and have more power, than their predecessors, to accommodate more equipment.
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President Clinton made the landmark decision to merge the nation's military and civil operational meteorological satellite systems into a single, national system capable of satisfying both civil and national security requirements for space-based remotely sensed environmental data.
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NOAA, DoD, and NASA created an Integrated Program Office (IPO) to develop, manage, acquire, and operate the NPOESS system.
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Represents the first of the next generation of GOES satellites.
