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TIROS 9, 978

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIROS 9, 978 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 22 Jan 1965 UTC via a THOR DELTA C 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

978, 1965-004A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

20 hours ago

Origin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (US)

Manufacturer

RCA/East Windsor

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

TIROS I, Unknown motor

Mass

138 kg wet, 138 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1965-01-22 (60 years ago)

Launch vehicle

THOR DELTA C

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 20 hours ago

0 TIROS 9
1 00978U 65004A   25128.51045209  .00000106  00000-0  15081-3 0  9998
2 00978  96.3970 110.2043 1157706 189.9413 167.6824 12.11102420662623

Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:15Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:15:03.06Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

59.86164°

Altitude

2,544.499 km

Speed

6.294 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 20m 49s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

28.88116°

Longitude

56.75958°

Altitude

2,485.997 km

Speed

6.343 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 06m 18s

Apparent Declination

0° 55' 27"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:25:51

Azimuth

324.43° NNW

Elevation

-43.162°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

2,555.809 km

Perigee altitude

701.865 km

Semi-major axis

8,006.974 km

Eccentricity

0.1157706

Inclination

96.397°

RAAN

110.2043°

Arg. of periapsis

189.9413°

True anomaly

170.1598°

Mean anomaly

167.6824°

Eccentric anomaly

168.95337°

Mean motion

3.02929 °/min

BSTAR

0.00015081

Orbital period

118.84 mins

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TIROS 9 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.
10 mins	2025-05-09 10:47:43.466Z	22.637° NE	2025-05-09 10:53:43.466Z	88.536° E	33.582°	2025-05-09 10:57:43.466Z	156.587° SSE
8 mins	2025-05-09 12:46:43.466Z	343.21° N	2025-05-09 12:50:43.466Z	303.041° NW	21.611°	2025-05-09 12:54:43.466Z	252.843° W
13 mins	2025-05-09 20:12:43.466Z	87.103° E	2025-05-09 20:18:43.466Z	57.925° ENE	17.73°	2025-05-09 20:25:43.466Z	19.226° NNE
23 mins	2025-05-09 22:02:43.466Z	148.43° SSE	2025-05-09 22:14:43.466Z	72.252° E	42.35°	2025-05-09 22:25:43.466Z	355.716° N
22 mins	2025-05-10 00:00:43.466Z	205.162° SW	2025-05-10 00:11:43.466Z	264.712° W	33.292°	2025-05-10 00:22:43.466Z	334.404° NNW

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