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TIROS 5, 309

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIROS 5, 309 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 19 Jun 1962 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

309, 1962-025A

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)

1962-06-19 (63 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

0.920 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 TIROS 5
1   309U 62025A   25183.80950090  .00000367  00000-0  94143-4 0  9998
2   309  58.0904  63.5209 0188111 143.0074 218.4099 14.60055168330795

Epoch: 2025-07-02T19:25Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T19:25:40.877Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-148.98472°

Altitude

799.547 km

Speed

7.399 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 14m 05s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

6.93879°

Longitude

-145.92485°

Altitude

786.936 km

Speed

7.412 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 01m 49s

Apparent Declination

-15° 04' 60"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:26:11

Azimuth

340.074° N

Elevation

-63.975°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

825.502 km

Perigee altitude

559.49 km

Semi-major axis

7,070.633 km

Eccentricity

0.01881

Inclination

58.0904°

RAAN

63.5209°

Arg. of periapsis

143.0074°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

218.4099°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.65053 °/min

Orbital period

98.62 mins

BSTAR

0.000094143

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Other satellites on launch #25 in the year 1962 (1962-06-19 UTC)

DELTA 1 R/B, 311 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB (YO), 312

DELTA 1 DEB (YO), 313 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB, 6251 (Decayed)

TIROS 5 Visibility forecast

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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.
7 mins	2025-07-03 16:54:58.307Z	166.139° S	2025-07-03 16:58:58.307Z	114.468° SE	19.23°	2025-07-03 17:01:58.307Z	75.282° E
8 mins	2025-07-03 18:36:58.307Z	238.311° WSW	2025-07-03 18:40:58.307Z	339.945° N	40.32°	2025-07-03 18:44:58.307Z	34.921° NE
4 mins	2025-07-03 20:21:58.307Z	311.308° NW	2025-07-03 20:23:58.307Z	339.141° N	14.088°	2025-07-03 20:25:58.307Z	5.716° NNE
6 mins	2025-07-04 01:32:58.307Z	337.35° NNW	2025-07-04 01:34:58.307Z	31.798° NE	38.063°	2025-07-04 01:38:58.307Z	120.726° SE

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