[QuadList] 50th Anniversary of the First Weather Satellite

[Scott Thomas]

Vidicon tubes. I almost asked that in my post, but I figured that the satellite would have something a little more esoteric. :)

Speaking of Vidicons... My father worked at Naval Avionics in Indianapolis, IN. They built the Walleye guided bomb. I think there may be a 1960 or 70's vintage Vidicon in the garage that was used in the front of the Walleye.
FWIW: The television that was in the cockpit was built from a Sony B/W television set. This was probably the late 1960's or early 1970's.


On Apr 3, 2010, at 3:04 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:

> How Tiros Photographs the World (including Russia) (Aug, 1960)  SCIENCE AND MECHANICS
>  
> Thanks,
> 
> Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC 
> 
> See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org 
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> In a message dated 4/2/2010 11:51:55 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, scottgfx at mac.com writes:
> http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100401_tiros.html
> 
> From the article: "TIROS-1, a polar-orbiting satellite, weighed 270 pounds and carried two cameras and two video recorders. Though the satellite only lasted 78 days"
> 
> So my question is; what kind of "video recorder" would you put in a satellite in 1960? I'm also interested in what kind of cameras it had.
> =
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