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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

21 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 21 hours ago

0 TIROS 5
1   309U 62025A   25109.03488538  .00001400  00000-0  26071-3 0  9997
2   309  58.0911 338.1368 0189010  42.8093 318.7479 14.59927177319874

Epoch: 2025-04-19T00:50Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-19T00:50:14.096Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

118.19418°

Altitude

595.41 km

Speed

7.616 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 32m 32s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

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Latitude

-44.54576°

Longitude

-27.4229°

Altitude

839.875 km

Speed

7.363 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 37m 08s

Apparent Declination

-45° 37' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

04:30:12

Azimuth

114.798° SE

Elevation

-68.603°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

826.559 km

Perigee altitude

559.259 km

Semi-major axis

7,071.046 km

Eccentricity

0.018901

Inclination

58.0911°

RAAN

338.1368°

Arg. of periapsis

42.8093°

True anomaly

317.29412°

Mean anomaly

318.7479°

Eccentric anomaly

318.0236°

Mean motion

3.65021 °/min

BSTAR

0.00026071

Orbital period

98.62 mins

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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.
8 mins	2025-04-20 00:19:43.485Z	336.106° NNW	2025-04-20 00:23:43.485Z	45.884° ENE	29.471°	2025-04-20 00:27:43.485Z	104.312° ESE
7 mins	2025-04-20 02:02:43.485Z	293.042° NW	2025-04-20 02:05:43.485Z	236.188° WSW	31.038°	2025-04-20 02:09:43.485Z	172.508° S
6 mins	2025-04-20 16:25:43.485Z	175.73° S	2025-04-20 16:28:43.485Z	111.515° ESE	25.805°	2025-04-20 16:31:43.485Z	63.736° ENE
6 mins	2025-04-20 18:07:43.485Z	265.279° W	2025-04-20 18:10:43.485Z	330.581° NNW	27.339°	2025-04-20 18:13:43.485Z	22.077° NNE

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