This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Nimbus program" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(December 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Nimbus
Artist's drawing of the general design of the Nimbus series of satellites. The solar-panel "wings" move throughout the day to track the Sun during the daylight part of the satellite's orbit. The 10-foot-tall satellite has the attitude control system on top, separated from a 5-foot-diameter "sensory ring" (center) with scaffolding. The sensory ring holds the batteries and electronics for each of the sensors that are mounted underneath the ring (bottom).
Manufacturer
General Electric RCA Astro
Country of origin
United States
Operator
NASA
Applications
Weather
Specifications
Regime
Low Earth
Production
Status
Disabled
Built
8
Failed
1
Maiden launch
Nimbus 1
Last launch
Nimbus 7
The Nimbus satellites were second-generation U.S. robotic spacecraft launched between 1964 and 1978 used for meteorological research and development. The spacecraft were designed to serve as stabilized, Earth-oriented platforms for the testing of advanced systems to sense and collect atmospheric science data. Seven Nimbus spacecraft have been launched into near-polar, Sun-synchronous orbits beginning with Nimbus 1 on August 28, 1964. On board the Nimbus satellites are various instrumentation for imaging, sounding, and other studies in different spectral regions. The Nimbus satellites were launched aboard Thor-Agena rockets (Nimbus 1–4) and Delta rockets (Nimbus 5–7).
Over a 20-year period from the launch of the first satellite, the Nimbus series of missions was the United States' primary research and development platform for satellite remote sensing of the Earth. The seven Nimbus satellites, launched over a fourteen-year period, shared their space-based observations of the planet for thirty years. NASA transferred the technology tested and refined by the Nimbus missions to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for its operational satellite instruments. The technology and lessons learned from the Nimbus missions are the heritage of most of the Earth-observing satellites NASA and NOAA have launched over the past three decades.[1]
^Lindsey, Rebecca (July 19, 2005). "Nimbus: 40th Anniversary". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved May 16, 2006.
The Nimbus satellites were second-generation U.S. robotic spacecraft launched between 1964 and 1978 used for meteorological research and development. The...
Look up nimbus or Nimbus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified...
Nimbus 3 (also called Nimbus-B2) was a meteorological satellite. It was the third in a series of the Nimbusprogram. Nimbus 3 was launched on April 14...
Nimbus 7 (also called Nimbus G) was a meteorological satellite. It was the seventh and last in a series of the Nimbusprogram. Nimbus 7 was launched on...
Nimbus B was a meteorological satellite launched as part of the Nimbusprogram. It was released on May 18, 1968 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc...
Nimbus 6 (also called Nimbus G) was a meteorological satellite. It was the sixth in a series of the Nimbusprogram. Nimbus 6 was launched on June 12, 1975...
Weather Bureau cooperated on future TIROS and the second generation Nimbusprogram of weather satellites. It also worked with the Environmental Science...
Nimbus 1 (also called Nimbus-A) was a meteorological satellite. It was the first in a series of the Nimbusprogram. Nimbus 1 was launched on August 28...
Nimbus 4 (also called Nimbus D) was a meteorological satellite. It was the fourth in a series of the Nimbusprogram. Nimbus 4 was launched on April 8...
Nimbus 2 (also called Nimbus-C) was a meteorological satellite. It was the second in a series of the Nimbusprogram. Nimbus 2 was launched on May 15,...
RM Nimbus was a range of personal computers from British company Research Machines (now RM Education) sold from 1985 until the early 1990s, after which...
and radiometer (IRIS) instruments developed for the Nimbusprogram and deployed on Nimbus-3 and Nimbus-4. These Michelson interferometers were designed to...
be much more successful than Vanguard 2. TIROS paved the way for the Nimbusprogram, whose technology and findings are the heritage of most of the Earth-observing...
by contrast, is active.) SSMR and SSMI radiometers were flown on the Nimbusprogram and DMSP series of satellites. Because clouds are translucent in the...
of global weather conditions from space. TIROS paves the way for the Nimbusprogram, whose technology and findings are the heritage of most of the Earth-observing...
Nimbus Data is an American computer data storage software and systems company. Nimbus Data develops flash memory solutions. Customers include eBay, Walt...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration jointly developed the Nimbusprogram second-generation weather satellites for meteorological research and...
The properties here are Nimbus Rock and Nimbus Isle. The Pets here are Robot Dog and Skunk Pets. There were no enemies on Nimbus Station, except those in...
of approximately 30 watts of electricity. Nimbus 3 used a SNAP-19B with the recovered fuel from the Nimbus-B1 attempt. SNAP-19's powered the Pioneer 10...
The Nimbus Dam is a base load hydroelectric dam on the American River near Folsom, California. Approximately 8,700 acre-feet (10,700 dam3) of water is...
Global Information
