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\<COLOUR 1> SATELLITE: \<COLOUR 0> Nimbus 7
\<COLOUR 1> TYPE: \<COLOUR 0> Environmental
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> October 24, 1978
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Delta
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> Near polar, 943/953 km
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Conical, 3 metres long, 2 metres diameter
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 830 kg
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Last in the highly successful Nimbus series of butterfly-shaped satellites monitoring the atmosphere, land and oceans; discovers the ozone 'hole' over the Antarctic.