Descrizione : The SMS 1 was a NASA-developed, NOAA-operated spacecraft. The spin-stabilized, earth-synchronous spacecraft carried (1) a visible infrared spin-scan radiometer (VISSR) which provided high-quality day/night cloudcover data and made radiance temperatures of the earth/atmosphere system, (2) a meteorological data collection and transmission system which relayed processed data from central weather facilities to small APT-equipped regional stations and collected and retransmitted data from remotely located earth-based platforms, and (3) a space environmental monitor (SEM) which measured proton, electron, and solar X-ray fluxes and magnetic fields.
Kennedy Space Center post stamp and Synchronous meteorological satellite.

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SMS 1 · aka SMS A, ME01 (SATELLITE) · DELTA 2914