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30th anniversary of first SAR hosted payload on U.S. weather satellites

Submit on Thursday, March 28th, 2013 22:55

Thirty years ago the premier launch of the Advanced TIROS-N satellite series carried the first Search and Rescue (SAR) payload on a U.S. satellite. The satellite, NOAA-E, was designed and built at the Lockheed Martin (then RCA Astrospace Division) facility in East Windsor, New Jersey.

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