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Show Army Developed Weather information Satellite Successfully Launched . . . , r ' 1 ... " -f v rf - : - . , t i - ' ' - . ' " - ' - , ? - - ' X .:J XX 1 . X X.x - 1 - A ' fll , X J." " v X' X v - ; . 'Z,r ' ? - I i TIROS I, a television weather satellite which gives about an 800-mile square view of the weather picture, successfully launched on 1 April as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration program. The 270-pound satellite was developed for the U.S. Army Signal Sig-nal Corps by Radio Corporation of America. TIROS is 42-inches. in diameter and 19-inches high. The top and sides are covered with 9,200 i hi ii ii ii mi ii ii i i i n r 1 an iniini 1 11 nt ." Army solar cells. Two television cameras to photograph photo-graph the earth's changing cloud cover patterns are mounted on the bottom, or base plate. Standing by TIROS are Herbert Butler (center). Project Manager for U.S. Army Signal Research and Development Laboratory, and Abraham Schnapf (left) and Barton Kreuser of RCA Astro-Electronic Products Division, |