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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

14 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 14 hours ago

0 TIROS 9
1 00978U 65004A   25181.79746364  .00000185  00000-0  24070-3 0  9992
2 00978  96.4002 137.5716 1159018  74.7801 297.8254 12.11108364669071

Epoch: 2025-06-30T19:08Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T19:08:20.858Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-68.61742°

Altitude

1,291.607 km

Speed

7.363 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 10m 17s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.21834°

Longitude

-68.34482°

Altitude

1,270.396 km

Speed

7.383 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 58m 51s

Apparent Declination

-17° 53' 40"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:39:18

Azimuth

347.725° N

Elevation

-67.576°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

2,556.83 km

Perigee altitude

700.791 km

Semi-major axis

8,006.948 km

Eccentricity

0.1159

Inclination

96.4002°

RAAN

137.5716°

Arg. of periapsis

74.7801°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

297.8254°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.0293 °/min

Orbital period

118.84 mins

BSTAR

0.0002407

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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.
13 mins	2025-07-01 09:34:05.364Z	16.76° NNE	2025-07-01 09:39:05.364Z	81.471° E	43.355°	2025-07-01 09:47:05.364Z	184.075° SSW
6 mins	2025-07-01 11:35:05.364Z	310.778° NW	2025-07-01 11:37:05.364Z	289.128° WNW	15.96°	2025-07-01 11:41:05.364Z	256.062° W
8 mins	2025-07-01 21:02:05.364Z	164.085° S	2025-07-01 21:06:05.364Z	93.579° ESE	44.718°	2025-07-01 21:10:05.364Z	352.049° N

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