Weather satellite of rotation and its elliptical orbit kept it from collecting a notable amount of useful data. The Explorer VI and VII satellites also contained weather-related experiments. The first weather satellite to be considered a success was TIROS-1, launched by NASA on April 1, 1960. TIROS operated for 78 days and proved to be much more successful than Vanguard 2. TIROS paved the way for the Nimbus program, whose technology and findings are the heritage of most of the Earth-observing satellites NASA and NOAA have launched since then. Beginning with the Nimbus 3 satellite in 1969, temperature information through the tropospheric
The Score Satellite Radio The Score Satellite Radio The Score Satellite Radio was a Canadian sports radio channel, owned and operated by Score Media, owners of its sister television network of the same name. The channel broadcasts on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 158, and is available to subscribers in Canada. It was also offered to U.S. subscribers but removed in February 2007. It has been added back to the Sirius channel listing for U.S. listeners since then. Formally known as "Hardcore Sports Radio", the channel re-branded as "The Score Satellite Radio" in September 2010 to unify its branding with that of its television and