History
- Developed by the National Earth Satellite Service
- Tested on TIROS-8, launched December 21, 1963
- Nimbus 1, launched August 28, 1964, was the first application satellite
- First NOAA polar-orbiting vehicle to use it was TIROS-N, launched on October 13, 1978, and it has flown on all NOAA polar-orbiting vehicles since then.
- Also flown on the Soviet METEOR weather satellites.
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