Phillip’s Weather Trivia: First successful weather satellite

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Since the recent launch of the Space X rocket with 4 civilian astronauts, I thought it would interesting to look back at successful launches which have help with weather forecasting and tracking. When do you think was first successful launch of weather satellite?

As I always do, here is a hint. Remember that the first Moon landing was in 1969. Now, was the first weather satellite before or after that? Take a guess and check to see how you did below.

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