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TIROS 6, 397

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIROS 6, 397 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 18 Sep 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

397, 1962-047A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

10 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

127 kg wet, 127 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1962-09-18 (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 10 hours ago

0 TIROS 6
1 00397U 62047A   25188.88129537  .00000964  00000-0  10921-3 0  9990
2 00397  58.3022 152.9376 0013991  69.0019 291.2524 14.94657372360824

Epoch: 2025-07-07T21:09Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-07T21:09:03.919Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-90.41302°

Altitude

581.331 km

Speed

7.573 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 11m 45s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

21.9483°

Longitude

73.60094°

Altitude

583.632 km

Speed

7.572 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 07m 05s

Apparent Declination

-28° 07' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:33:37

Azimuth

124.816° SE

Elevation

-3.041°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

592.637 km

Perigee altitude

573.158 km

Semi-major axis

6,961.034 km

Eccentricity

0.0014

Inclination

58.3022°

RAAN

152.9376°

Arg. of periapsis

69.0019°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

291.2524°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.73708 °/min

Orbital period

96.33 mins

BSTAR

0.00010921

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Other satellites on launch #47 in the year 1962 (1962-09-18 UTC)

DELTA 1 R/B, 398 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB (YO), 399 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB (YO), 400 (Decayed)

TIROS 6 DEB, 19436 (Decayed)

TIROS 6 DEB, 29006

TIROS 6 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	2025-07-08 08:57:03.914Z	288.596° WNW	2025-07-08 09:00:03.914Z	242.908° WSW	20.101°	2025-07-08 09:03:03.914Z	193.333° SSW
6 mins	2025-07-08 22:59:03.914Z	175.326° S	2025-07-08 23:02:03.914Z	112.021° ESE	26.327°	2025-07-08 23:05:03.914Z	63.902° ENE
6 mins	2025-07-09 00:39:03.914Z	267.87° W	2025-07-09 00:41:03.914Z	309.755° NW	28.279°	2025-07-09 00:45:03.914Z	24.262° NE
4 mins	2025-07-09 07:24:03.914Z	326.09° NNW	2025-07-09 07:26:03.914Z	6.973° NNE	43.13°	2025-07-09 07:28:03.914Z	125.233° SE

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