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Nimbus 3 was launched on April 14, 1969, by a Thor-Agena rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, CA. The spacecraft functioned nominally until January 22, 1972. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 1 hour and 47 minutes, at an inclination of 99.9°. Its perigee was 1,075 kilometers (668 mi) and its apogee was 1,135 kilometers (705 mi).
The Nimbus satellites were launched aboard Thor-Agena rockets (Nimbus 1–4) and Delta rockets (Nimbus 5–7). Over a 20-year period from the launch of the first satellite, the Nimbus series of missions was the United States' primary research and development platform for satellite remote sensing of the Earth. The seven Nimbus satellites ...
Launched Polity Sputnik 1: First satellite with radio transmitter [1] October 4, 1957 ... Nimbus 3: First satellite-based search and rescue system
The D-model (Nimbus-3D) is the two-seater version. There is also a self-launched two-seat version (Nimbus-3DM) and a two-seat sustainer version (Nimbus-3DT). The first flight of the D-model was in May 1986. The Nimbus-3 was succeeded by the Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4.
Pages in category "Spacecraft launched in 1969" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. ... Nimbus 3; S. Soyuz 4; Soyuz 5; Soyuz 6; Soyuz 7 ...
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Landsat 1 (LS-1), formerly named ERTS-A and ERTS-1, was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program.It was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite and was launched on July 23, 1972, by a Delta 900 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Nimbus IV launch. Nimbus 4 was launched on April 8, 1970, ... Nimbus 4 was nearly 3.7 metres (12 ft) tall, 1.45 metres (4.8 ft) in diameter at the base, and about 3 ...