{"ob_id":37847,"uuid":"3398c4ae04b34a85aa805a04a6eb5c97","title":"TIROS-N","abstract":"Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite - N .THe TIROS-N satellite is the first of the TIROS-N series. It is a weather satellite launched on 13 October 1978. It was designed to become operational during 2 years. Its mass is 734 kilograms. Its perigee to Earth is 829 kilometers. Its apogee is 845 kilometers away from Earth. Its inclination is 98.70°. It was managed by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); designed and launched by NASA. The spacecraft was 3-axis stabilized.[2] TIROS-N was operated for 868 days until deactivated by NOAA on 27 February 1981.","keywords":"","identifier_set":[],"platformType":"","parentPlatform":[],"childPlatform":[],"responsiblepartyinfo_set":["https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/180646/?format=json","https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/180647/?format=json"]}