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    The Improved TIROS Operational Satellite (ITOS) inaugurated the second generation of a space-based system to provide continuous, day-to-day observations of the Earth's weather systems. ITOS launched a total of six satellites from 1970 through 1976, continuing the mission of the TIROS and the TIROS Operational Satellite programs.

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Mark Avino

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11/05/2018

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Commercial; Earth Observation; Exploration; Robots; Satellites; Science; Solar System; Space; Spacecraft

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