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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

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

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, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.920 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 TIROS 6
1 00397U 62047A   25199.58323820  .00001001  00000-0  11251-3 0  9990
2 00397  58.3032 111.7019 0014508  77.1836 283.0832 14.94683675362428

Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:59Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:59:51.78Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-34.89646°

Altitude

582.495 km

Speed

7.571 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 26m 48s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-47.37703°

Longitude

-174.49118°

Altitude

609.687 km

Speed

7.549 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 01m 35s

Apparent Declination

-44° 23' 10"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:53:00

Azimuth

119.36° SE

Elevation

-79.491°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

592.915 km

Perigee altitude

572.717 km

Semi-major axis

6,960.953 km

Eccentricity

0.00145

Inclination

58.3032°

RAAN

111.7019°

Arg. of periapsis

77.1836°

True anomaly

282.9212°

Mean anomaly

283.0832°

Eccentric anomaly

283.00221°

Mean motion

3.73715 °/min

Orbital period

96.33 mins

BSTAR

0.00011251

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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.
7 mins	2025-07-19 03:19:27.032Z	338.66° N	2025-07-19 03:23:27.032Z	49.049° ENE	24.573°	2025-07-19 03:26:27.032Z	96.07° ESE
6 mins	2025-07-19 05:00:27.032Z	292.561° NW	2025-07-19 05:02:27.032Z	250.76° W	31.278°	2025-07-19 05:06:27.032Z	168.772° S
6 mins	2025-07-19 20:41:27.032Z	245.658° WSW	2025-07-19 20:43:27.032Z	296.839° NW	38.958°	2025-07-19 20:47:27.032Z	32.431° NE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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