Tiros Operational System

Japanese: Tiros Operational System(英語表記)TirosOperationalSystem
Tiros Operational System


[History of weather satellites]
(1) America The world's first meteorological satellite was the medium altitude meteorological satellite TIROS (short for television and infrared observation satellite) 1, launched on April 1, 1960. From 1966, the Tiros Operational System (TOS) series was launched, and since this satellite was also called an environmental survey satellite, it was called ESSA after its successful launch. The even-numbered satellites among them transmitted cloud images observed by an automatic picture transmission (APT) device. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Tiros Operational System" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[気象衛星の歴史]
 (1)アメリカ 世界最初の気象衛星は,1960年4月1日に打ち上げられた中高度気象衛星TIROS(タイロス)(television and infra‐red observation satelliteの略)1号である。1966年からは実用タイロスTiros Operational System(略してTOS(トス))シリーズが打ち上げられ,この衛星はenvironmental survey satelliteとも呼ばれていたため,打上げ成功後はESSA(エツサ)と呼ばれた。このうちの偶数番号の衛星は自動送画automatic picture transmission(略称APT)装置で観測した雲画像を送信した。…

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