TIROS N Mission

Objectives and Applications

Mission Summary

Full Name
Television Infrared Observation Satellite
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
13 Oct 1978
Mission Links
EOL Date
27 Feb 1981
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98.92 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
102.3 deg
Orbit Altitude
849 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

Argos - Argos
AVHRR/1 - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer /1
HIRS/2 - High Resolution Infra-red Sounder/2
MSU - Microwave Sounding Unit
SEM/MEPED - Medium Energy Proton Detector
SEM/TED - Total Energy Detector
SSU - Stratospheric Sounding Unit

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields HIRS/2
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature HIRS/2
Liquid water and precipitation rate MSU
Ozone HIRS/2
Radiation budget HIRS/2
Trace gases (excluding ozone) HIRS/2
Atmospheric Temperature Fields HIRS/2, MSU, SSU
LandSurface temperature (land) HIRS/2
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) AVHRR/1

Featured Datasets

NOAA POES and METOP Local Area Coverage Imagery
Jan-2019
This collection is composed of AVHRR Level 1B products (1.1 km) reprocessed from the NOAA POES and Metop AVHRR sensors data acquired at the University of Dundee and University of Bern ground stations and from the ESA and University of Bern data historical archive. The data collection covers Europe and the neighbouring regions in the period of 1 January 1981 to 31 December 2019. Access is provided through the ESA TPM scheme. - Read more