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Thor Delta E | ESSA 3

ESSA 3

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 2 Oct 1966, 10:39 am UTC

Rocket: Thor Delta E (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 2E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Mission Description

The ESSA series was the second generation of US meterological satellites after the TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) series. They were also called OT (Operational TIROS), TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite).