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NIMBUS 4, 4362

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NIMBUS 4, 4362 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 08 Apr 1970 UTC via a THORAD SLV-2G AGENA D launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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

4362, 1970-025A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

13 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

GE/MSVD

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

NIMBUS, Unknown motor

Mass

619 kg wet, 619 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1970-04-08 (55 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THORAD SLV-2G AGENA D

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cone + 2 Pan, 3.35 m

Radar Cross Section

2.947 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 NIMBUS 4
1 04362U 70025A   25128.71137156 -.00000020  00000-0  42518-4 0  9995
2 04362  99.9567  48.8559 0006744 263.7200 128.6466 13.44728639702483

Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:04Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:04:22.502Z)

Latitude

31.93823°

Longitude

-80.26604°

Altitude

1,098.829 km

Speed

7.304 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 50m 25s

True Declination

31° 47' 28"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

31.12967°

Longitude

112.57807°

Altitude

1,097.585 km

Speed

7.305 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 37m 05s

Apparent Declination

-5° 04' 10"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:17:41

Azimuth

110.628° ESE

Elevation

15.545°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,094.074 km

Perigee altitude

1,084.002 km

Semi-major axis

7,467.175 km

Eccentricity

0.0006744

Inclination

99.9567°

RAAN

48.8559°

Arg. of periapsis

263.72°

True anomaly

128.70693°

Mean anomaly

128.6466°

Eccentric anomaly

128.67677°

Mean motion

3.36363 °/min

BSTAR

0.000042518

Orbital period

107.03 mins

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Other satellites on launch #25 in the year 1970 (1970-04-08 UTC)

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4642 (Decayed)

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4643

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4644

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4645

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4646 (Decayed)

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4647 (Decayed)

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4648 (Decayed)

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4649 (Decayed)

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4650

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4651

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4652

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4653

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4654

THORAD AGENA D DEB, 4655

NIMBUS 4 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.
11 mins	2025-05-09 07:47:53.904Z	10.797° NNE	2025-05-09 07:52:53.904Z	312.372° NW	44.052°	2025-05-09 07:58:53.904Z	204.239° SW
4 mins	2025-05-09 09:35:53.904Z	322.313° NNW	2025-05-09 09:37:53.904Z	303.08° NW	13.323°	2025-05-09 09:39:53.904Z	284.43° WNW
11 mins	2025-05-09 18:01:53.904Z	143.452° SSE	2025-05-09 18:06:53.904Z	83.169° E	39.981°	2025-05-09 18:12:53.904Z	354.843° N
8 mins	2025-05-09 19:49:53.904Z	228.712° WSW	2025-05-09 19:52:53.904Z	263.062° W	21.971°	2025-05-09 19:57:53.904Z	315.127° NNW

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