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TIROS 8, 716

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIROS 8, 716 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 21 Dec 1963 UTC via a THOR DELTA B 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

716, 1963-054A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

15 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

120 kg wet, 120 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1963-12-21 (61 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR DELTA B

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

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 15 hours ago

0 TIROS 8
1 00716U 63054A   25128.60504403  .00000844  00000-0  16101-3 0  9990
2 00716  58.4934  94.4563 0028625  96.1274 264.3028 14.72512963256112

Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:31Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T14:31:15.804Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

9.9673°

Altitude

656.53 km

Speed

7.529 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 17m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

30.69683°

Longitude

28.89932°

Altitude

645.372 km

Speed

7.544 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 55m 57s

Apparent Declination

-3° 44' 22"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:29:45

Azimuth

294.012° NW

Elevation

-31.183°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

672.621 km

Perigee altitude

632.37 km

Semi-major axis

7,030.633 km

Eccentricity

0.0028625

Inclination

58.4934°

RAAN

94.4563°

Arg. of periapsis

96.1274°

True anomaly

263.97652°

Mean anomaly

264.3028°

Eccentric anomaly

264.13965°

Mean motion

3.68173 °/min

BSTAR

0.00016101

Orbital period

97.78 mins

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Other satellites on launch #54 in the year 1963 (1963-12-21 UTC)

DELTA 1 R/B, 717 (Decayed)

DELTA 1 DEB, 720

DELTA 1 DEB, 736 (Decayed)

TIROS 8 DEB, 19396

TIROS 8 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	2025-05-09 07:20:05.886Z	333.916° NNW	2025-05-09 07:23:05.886Z	35.676° NE	37.084°	2025-05-09 07:27:05.886Z	117.255° SE
5 mins	2025-05-09 09:02:05.886Z	276.592° WNW	2025-05-09 09:04:05.886Z	243.752° WSW	20.196°	2025-05-09 09:07:05.886Z	196.696° SSW
7 mins	2025-05-09 23:16:05.886Z	191.511° SSW	2025-05-09 23:19:05.886Z	114.619° SE	36.777°	2025-05-09 23:23:05.886Z	52.267° ENE
6 mins	2025-05-10 00:58:05.886Z	281.573° WNW	2025-05-10 01:00:05.886Z	317.651° NNW	23.749°	2025-05-10 01:04:05.886Z	20.355° NNE

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