Nimbus-F to carry advanced weather instruments
Abstract
Meteorological research instruments launched aboard NASA's Nimbus-F spacecraft are briefly described along with the Nimbus satellite program initiated to develop an observatory system capable of meeting the research and development needs of the nation's atmospheric and earth sciences program. The following aspects of the mission are described: spacecraft design, launch operations, sequence of orbital events, and operations control and tracking. The Global Atmospheric Research program is discussed in terms of the Nimbus-F experiments and atmospheric sounding instruments.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- June 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975STIN...7522358.
- Keywords:
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- Cloud Photography;
- Meteorological Instruments;
- Nimbus Satellites;
- Ionospheric Sounding;
- Nimbus Project;
- Satellite Design;
- Spacecraft Launching;
- Weather Forecasting;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles