TIROS-1 was the first full-scale weather satellite, the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites (TIROS) placed in low Earth orbit.
The TIROS-1 prototype on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
The TIROS-1 magnetic tape data recorder.
TIROS I image showing a cyclone in South Atlantic, taken on April 28, 1960
A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be polar orbiting, or geostationary.
GOES-16, a United States weather satellite of the meteorological-satellite service
These meteorological-satellite service, however, see more than clouds and cloud systems
The geostationary GOES-17 satellite's Level 1B Calibrated Radiances - True Colour Composite PNG image
Computer-controlled motorized parabolic dish antenna for tracking LEO weather satellites.