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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

17 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 17 hours ago

0 TIROS 6
1 00397U 62047A   25129.14757965  .00001792  00000-0  18566-3 0  9999
2 00397  58.3056  23.0698 0007402  22.0941 338.0424 14.94493197351898

Epoch: 2025-05-09T03:32Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T03:32:30.881Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

102.73321°

Altitude

580.58 km

Speed

7.574 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 32m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-44.05949°

Longitude

-43.54951°

Altitude

603.715 km

Speed

7.555 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 18m 01s

Apparent Declination

-42° 09' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

04:49:41

Azimuth

113.207° SE

Elevation

-83.621°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

588.56 km

Perigee altitude

578.254 km

Semi-major axis

6,961.544 km

Eccentricity

0.0007402

Inclination

58.3056°

RAAN

23.0698°

Arg. of periapsis

22.0941°

True anomaly

338.01066°

Mean anomaly

338.0424°

Eccentric anomaly

338.02653°

Mean motion

3.73667 °/min

BSTAR

0.00018566

Orbital period

96.34 mins

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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

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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.
6 mins	2025-05-10 02:32:31.670Z	333.886° NNW	2025-05-10 02:35:31.670Z	62.109° ENE	38.205°	2025-05-10 02:38:31.670Z	118.934° SE
4 mins	2025-05-10 04:13:31.670Z	260.698° W	2025-05-10 04:14:31.670Z	243.251° WSW	17.236°	2025-05-10 04:17:31.670Z	198.118° SSW
6 mins	2025-05-10 18:13:31.670Z	182.521° SSW	2025-05-10 18:16:31.670Z	112.321° ESE	30.498°	2025-05-10 18:19:31.670Z	60.737° ENE
6 mins	2025-05-10 19:53:31.670Z	271.666° WNW	2025-05-10 19:56:31.670Z	334.897° NNW	25.215°	2025-05-10 19:59:31.670Z	21.203° NNE

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