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The Spin-Scan Cloud Camera is a camera system developed by
scientists at the University of Wisconsin and flown on the first
ATS in 1966. This camera made use of the spin-stabilization of
the satellite to produce high-resolution cloud imagery. The
spin-scan cloud camera was the forerunner of the VISSR imaging
instrument used in later geostationary satellites.
[Source: The Glossary of Meteorology]
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