Tiros 10

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General

Designation	01430 / 65051A
Launch date	2 Jul 1965
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Meteorology
Perigee/Apogee	721/807 km
Inclination	98.8°
Period	100.1 min
Launch vehicle	Thor Delta #32
Launch site	Cape Canaveral

Test satellite for the Tiros Operational Satellite (TOS)

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End of life

Out of service	31 Jul 1966
Cause	desactivated

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor
Platform
Mass at launch
Dry mass	127 kg
Dimension	was in the form of an 18-sided right prism, 107 cm across opposite corners and 56 cm high
Solar array
Stabilization	spin-stabilized (between 8 and 12 rpm)
DC power
Design lifetime

Can be heard at 136.235 MHz, still transmitting in 2015

The satellite was equipped with two identical wide-angle TV cameras with 1.27 cm vidicon for taking earth cloudcover pictures. The pictures could be transmitted directly to either of two ground receiving stations or stored in a tape recorder on board for subsequent playback if the spacecraft was beyond the communication range of the station.

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