Table of Contents 



Page 



ill 



A"bstract 



Foreword 



Part I Discussion 1 



1 . Introduction 3 



2o Possible Oceanographic Satellites and their Sensors 5 



3. Infrared Radiometer/imagery 8 



^4-. Television Pictures 21 



5. Space Photography 37 



6. Future Satellites and their Sensors k3 

 Part II The Satellites k^ 



1. A Note about Satellite Names k8 



2. The Nimbus Satellite 51 



3. The Environmental Survey Satellite (ESSA) 57 

 k. The Applications Technology Satellite (ATS ) 6l 

 5. The Manned Satellite (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo) 65 



Part III Bibliography 67 



Part IV Appendix 75 



Ao Satellites Capable of Oceanographic Data Acquisition 77 



B . Glossary 79 



