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Science | Television and Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) A series of NASA and NOAA satellites launched to monitor Earth's weather from outer space. The era of the meteorological satellites began with the launch of TIROS-1 on April 1, 1960. For the first time, it was possible to monitor weather conditions over most of the world regularly from space. A series of these satellites were launched throughout the 1960s, those funded by NASA for research and development were called TIROS, and those funded by the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA, the predecessor of NOAA) for the operational system were called ESSA. A second generation of ITOS/NOAA* environmental satellites was initiated by the launch of ITOS-1 in 1970, followed by a number of NOAA satellites. The third generation of TIROS-N/NOAA environmental satellites was initiated by the launch of TIROS-N in 1978. * Pairs of acronyms such as ITOS/NOAA arise because NASA funds and names its prototype satellites and then the operating agency funds and names the rest of the series. (TIROS). (references) |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 45 4C 45 56 49 53 49 4F 4E 41 4E 44 49 4E 46 52 41 52 45 44 4F 42 53 45 52 56 41 54 49 4F 4E 53 41 54 45 4C 4C 49 54 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01000101 01001100 01000101 01010110 01001001 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01001001 01001110 01000110 01010010 01000001 01010010 01000101 01000100 00100000 01001111 01000010 01010011 01000101 01010010 01010110 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 00100000 01010011 01000001 01010100 01000101 01001100 01001100 01001001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T E L E V I S I O N   A N D   I N F R A R E D   O B S E R V A T I O N   S A T E L L I T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0045 004C 0045 0056 0049 0053 0049 004F 004E 0041 004E 0044 0049 004E 0046 0052 0041 0052 0045 0044 004F 0042 0053 0045 0052 0056 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E 0053 0041 0054 0045 004C 004C 0049 0054 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54394639564353434948235483824348405235523938249365339525635544349482533554394646435439 |
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