"NASA's reliable Delta launch vehicle undergoes final checkout in preparation for the TIROS (10) weather satellite launching, from Pad-17. Pre-launch is handled by Douglas Aircraft Company, prime contractor under direction of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's, Launch Operation Division."
The following at:
science.nasa.gov/missions/tiros
"TIROS-10
Objectives: Further the testing of the TIROS system in preparation of the weather Bureau's completely operational TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite) system, and to privde maximum satellite coverage during the 1965 hurricane season.
Description: The spacecraft was 42 inches in diameter, 19 inches high and weighed 270 pounds. The craft was made of aluminum alloy and stainless steel then covered by 9200 solar cells. The solar cells served to charge the nickel-cadmium (nicad) batteries. Three pairs of solid-propellant spin rockets were mounted on the base plate. This was the heaviest satellite launched at this time.
The configuration of the TIROS-10 was similar to that of TIROS-8, with the cameras mounted on the base plate. The craft was placed in its planned Sun-synchronous retrograde orbit, drifting westward about 1 degree per day (the same rate and direction as the Earth moves around the Sun), which provided maximum lighting for photography and battery charging.
TIROS-10 was the last of the experimental TIROS series and provided more than 400 images daily, each of a 640,000-square mile area with 2-mile resolution at the center.
Participants: NASA, RCA, US Weather Bureau
TIROS-10 Stats:
Launch Date: July 2, 1965
Operational Period: 730 days before being deactivated by NASA along with TIROS-8 on July 1, 1967
Launch Vehicle: Three-stage Delta
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, FL
Type: Weather Satellite"
