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TIROS 3, 162

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIROS 3, 162 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 12 Jul 1961 UTC via a THOR DELTA launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

162, 1961-017A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

RCA/East Windsor

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

TIROS, Unknown motor

Mass

129 kg wet, 129 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1961-07-12 (64 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR DELTA

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 1.07 m

Radar Cross Section

0.853 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 TIROS 3
1 00162U 61017A   25128.87661934  .00000192  00000-0  10015-3 0  9998
2 00162  47.9004  47.6424 0043435  65.1942 295.3460 14.45169348333292

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:02Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:02:19.91Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-134.88143°

Altitude

728.653 km

Speed

7.499 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 10m 34s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-48.03672°

Longitude

135.51313°

Altitude

785.484 km

Speed

7.446 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 09m 26s

Apparent Declination

-47° 51' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:04:05

Azimuth

120.692° SE

Elevation

-68.023°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

773.481 km

Perigee altitude

711.623 km

Semi-major axis

7,120.689 km

Eccentricity

0.0043435

Inclination

47.9004°

RAAN

47.6424°

Arg. of periapsis

65.1942°

True anomaly

294.89514°

Mean anomaly

295.346°

Eccentric anomaly

295.12067°

Mean motion

3.6121 °/min

BSTAR

0.00010015

Orbital period

99.66 mins

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Other satellites on launch #17 in the year 1961 (1961-07-12 UTC)

DELTA 1 R/B, 165 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB (YO), 166 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB (YO), 167

TIROS 3 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
6 mins	2025-05-09 20:26:30.479Z	175.878° S	2025-05-09 20:28:30.479Z	143.686° SSE	23.676°	2025-05-09 20:32:30.479Z	83.792° E
8 mins	2025-05-09 22:09:30.479Z	248.835° W	2025-05-09 22:12:30.479Z	287.768° WNW	43.118°	2025-05-09 22:17:30.479Z	57.657° ENE
7 mins	2025-05-09 23:54:30.479Z	294.09° NW	2025-05-09 23:57:30.479Z	343.136° N	29.567°	2025-05-10 00:01:30.479Z	52.42° ENE
8 mins	2025-05-10 01:39:30.479Z	310.296° NW	2025-05-10 01:43:30.479Z	25.512° NE	31.719°	2025-05-10 01:47:30.479Z	80.722° E
8 mins	2025-05-10 03:24:30.479Z	297.622° NW	2025-05-10 03:27:30.479Z	265.194° W	44.259°	2025-05-10 03:32:30.479Z	125.578° SE

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