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TIROS-1: First weather satellite 50 years ago

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http://www.itwire.com – Fifty years ago, on April 1, 1960,  the first weather satellite was launched from the United States. Called TIROS-1, the Earth observation satellite saw a typhoon forming east of Australia. Today, NASA and NOAA celebrate the milestone in the history of weather observation from space.   (IT news)

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