Nimbus 1

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 28 Aug 1964, 07:56 am UTC

Rocket: Thor SLV-2 Agena B (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Polar Orbit

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

Mission Description

Nimbus 1, the first in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced meteorological sensor systems and for collecting meteorological data.