# Components of TIROS Spac0056-repair

- By: NOAA Photo Library
- Date: circa 1960
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Image ID:spac0056, NOAA In Space Collection
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Components_of_TIROS_Spac0056-repair.png)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/4/40/Components_of_TIROS_Spac0056-repair.png
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Components of the Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS). TIROS spacecraft were the beginning of a long series of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites. TIROS was followed by the TOS (TIROS Operational System) series, and then the ITOS (Improved TIROS Operational System) series, and later the NOAA series. TIROS spacecraft were developed by Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and managed by ESSA (Environmental Science Services Administration). The objective was to establish a global weather satellite system. As described by TIROS Quicklook, from the JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library.