TIROS X_v_c_o_AKP (unnumbered, time-lapse gantry rollback)

Spectacular long-exposure COLOR photograph of service structure rollback, Launch Complex 17B, with Delta-C no. 32 and its payload of TIROS X (TIROS 10) front and center. The photo was probably taken shortly before its 2 July 1965 launch. TIROS 10 (TIROS X) was the last 'experimental' satellite in the series.

The photo has a flat finish, not glossy, nor satin or matte. However, it is totally uniform & even in its finish across the entire image.

The following at:
science.nasa.gov/missions/tiros

TIROS-10
Objectives: Further the testing of the TIROS system in preparation of the weather Bureau's completely operational TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite) system, and to privde maximum satellite coverage during the 1965 hurricane season.

Description: The spacecraft was 42 inches in diameter, 19 inches high and weighed 270 pounds. The craft was made of aluminum alloy and stainless steel then covered by 9200 solar cells. The solar cells served to charge the nickel-cadmium (nicad) batteries. Three pairs of solid-propellant spin rockets were mounted on the base plate. This was the heaviest satellite launched at this time.

The configuration of the TIROS-10 was similar to that of TIROS-8, with the cameras mounted on the base plate. The craft was placed in its planned Sun-synchronous retrograde orbit, drifting westward about 1 degree per day (the same rate and direction as the Earth moves around the Sun), which provided maximum lighting for photography and battery charging.

TIROS-10 was the last of the experimental TIROS series and provided more than 400 images daily, each of a 640,000-square mile area with 2-mile resolution at the center.

Participants: NASA, RCA, US Weather Bureau

TIROS-10 Stats:

Launch Date: July 2, 1965
Operational Period: 730 days before being deactivated by NASA along with TIROS-8 on July 1, 1967
Launch Vehicle: Three-stage Delta
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, FL
Type: Weather Satellite

Similar view of one of the manned Skylab Saturn IBs:

www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/image_card_4x3_ra...

And a spectacular Apollo 7 Saturn IB view:

www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum40/HTML/000649.html
Credit: collectSPACE website/Ed Hengeveld

Taken on: March 9, 2018

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