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Set of satellite photos of North America. Printed on dark glossy paper, brown back. All have some dating information, all have damage.
#1 East coast North America
Lat and Longs on picture (40S and 40W)
Labeled on negative: 'NOAA-4 PASS 5393 20 JAN 1976 1120 GMT IR DAY'
Missing piece left border.
Written on back ‘CMC’ and ‘VR’. Also stamped ‘76 JAN 22 21 27’
#2 East coast North America (same as above)
Lat and Longs on picture (40S and 40W)
Labeled on negative: 'NOAA-4 PASS 5393 20 JAN 1976 1120 GMT IR DAY'
Missing chunk left border. Crease UL corner, crease tear LR corner. Small tears long right border
Written on back ‘CMC’ and ‘VR’. Also stamped ‘76 JAN 22 17 23’
#3 West coast North America
State borders shown as dots on photo.
Partially visible label on negative: '---- 1 / 15 / 76 17303 TEST' . Handwritten on border of negative '---- Jan 23 / 76 #8'
Missing piece left border. Small creases corners.
Written on back ‘WHX’. Also stamped ‘76 JAN 22 15 25’
#4 West coast North America & Mexico
State borders shown as dots on photo.
Labeled on negative: 'SMS-3 VIS 2X2M1 2/23/76 17302 TEST'
Missing piece right border and small tear. Small crease UL, LL corners. Piece missing LR corner
Written on back "Taken by my dad" "To Craig With Love and Thanks. Your friend Judy xx"
11" x 10"
NOAA-4, also known as ITOS-G was a weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS.[4] NOAA-4 was launched on a Delta rocket on November 15, 1974. The launch carried two other satellites: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 and Intasat. It remained operational for 1463 days until it was deactivated by NOAA on November 18, 1978.
SMS-1 was launched May 17, 1974 a and SMS-2 was launched February 6, 1975. The program was initiated after the successes achieved by the Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) research satellites, which demonstrated the feasibility of using satellites in geosynchronous orbit for meteorology. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program, which now supports weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research in the United States, followed immediately after the SMS program; the GOES 1 satellite was initially designated SMS-C. SMS-1 and SMS-2; and GOES-1, GOES-2, and GOES-3; were essentially identical.
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