It is a weather satellite launched on 13 October 1978.

Its apogee is 845 kilometers away from Earth.

It was managed by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); designed and launched by NASA.

[2] TIROS-N was operated for 868 days until deactivated by NOAA on 27 February 1981.

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