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). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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TIROS 8 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | LEO |
| Last TLE update | 12 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | RCA/East Windsor |
| Mission status | Non-operational |
| Mission | Civil Weather |
| Bus & Motor | TIROS, Unknown motor |
| Mass | 120 kg wet, 120 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Radar Cross Section | 0.78 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²) |
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TLE from 12 hours ago
0 TIROS 8
1 716U 63054A 24251.19873048 .00002383 00000-0 40929-3 0 9999
2 716 58.4938 274.7026 0027046 131.5247 228.8119 14.71530066241352Epoch: 2024-09-07T04:46Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-09-07T04:46:10.313Z)
| Latitude | 0.00003° |
| Longitude | -143.6007° |
| Altitude | 670.163 km |
| Speed | 7.516 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 18h 18m 48s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Predictive object data (real-time)
| Latitude | 47.96321° |
| Longitude | -102.85305° |
| Altitude | 656.1 km |
| Speed | 7.538 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 20h 48m 36s |
| Apparent Declination | 6° 42' 57" |
| Sunlit | Object is in full shadow |
Predictive observer data (real-time)
| Local Sidereal Time | 08:35:53 |
| Azimuth | 355.663° N |
| Elevation | -43.276° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee | 674.65 km |
| Perigee | 636.603 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,033.763 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0027046 |
| Inclination | 58.4938° |
| RAAN | 274.7026° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 131.5247° |
| True anomaly | 228.57918° |
| Mean anomaly | 228.8119° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 228.69549° |
| Mean motion | 3.67927 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00040929 |
| Period | 97.85 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #54 in the year 1963 (1963-12-21 UTC)
| TIROS 8, 716 |
| DELTA 1 R/B, 717 (Decayed) |
| DELTA 1 DEB, 720 |
| DELTA 1 DEB, 736 (Decayed) |
| TIROS 8 DEB, 19396 |
TIROS 8 Visibility forecast
Observer location: 39.9160978°, -105.1181434
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