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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

9 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 9 hours ago

0 TIROS 5
1 00309U 62025A   25196.54523578  .00000521  00000-0  11923-3 0  9996
2 00309  58.0909  16.7452 0186579 160.2719 200.5654 14.60072620332651

Epoch: 2025-07-15T13:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T13:05:08.371Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-113.1779°

Altitude

818.136 km

Speed

7.38 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 06m 58s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

58.18883°

Longitude

-27.7518°

Altitude

659.2 km

Speed

7.557 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 31m 06s

Apparent Declination

25° 32' 38"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:18:08

Azimuth

316.784° NNW

Elevation

-10.614°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

824.362 km

Perigee altitude

560.518 km

Semi-major axis

7,070.577 km

Eccentricity

0.01866

Inclination

58.0909°

RAAN

16.7452°

Arg. of periapsis

160.2719°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

200.5654°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.65057 °/min

Orbital period

98.61 mins

BSTAR

0.00011923

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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	2025-07-15 21:49:38.559Z	329.703° NNW	2025-07-15 21:52:38.559Z	20.651° NNE	37.093°	2025-07-15 21:56:38.559Z	118.801° SE
8 mins	2025-07-16 13:53:38.559Z	203.007° SW	2025-07-16 13:56:38.559Z	157.098° SSE	40.588°	2025-07-16 14:01:38.559Z	49.352° ENE
7 mins	2025-07-16 15:36:38.559Z	277.855° WNW	2025-07-16 15:39:38.559Z	323.456° NNW	23.823°	2025-07-16 15:43:38.559Z	20.88° NNE
5 mins	2025-07-16 20:49:38.559Z	354.548° N	2025-07-16 20:51:38.559Z	33.029° NE	23.199°	2025-07-16 20:54:38.559Z	86.401° E

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