Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:19:01
Tuesday June 19, 1962
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TIROS 5 (also called TIROS-E and A-50) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the fifth in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
129 kilograms

10th
Mission
4th
Mission of 1962
31st
Orbital launch attempt