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 | 16 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 16 hours ago
0 TIROS 8
1 00716U 63054A 24251.40255037 .00002378 00000-0 40850-3 0 9992
2 00716 58.4937 273.9493 0027026 131.7392 228.5964 14.71530929220306Epoch: 2024-09-07T09:39Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-09-07T09:39:40.351Z)
| Latitude | -0.00004° |
| Longitude | 142.0699° |
| Altitude | 670.205 km |
| Speed | 7.516 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 18h 15m 47s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Predictive object data (real-time)
| Latitude | -49.26465° |
| Longitude | 94.53844° |
| Altitude | 692.058 km |
| Speed | 7.5 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 10h 10m 39s |
| Apparent Declination | -70° 17' 35" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Predictive observer data (real-time)
| Local Sidereal Time | 17:50:56 |
| Azimuth | 205.852° SW |
| Elevation | -45.534° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee | 674.633 km |
| Perigee | 636.614 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,033.761 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0027026 |
| Inclination | 58.4937° |
| RAAN | 273.9493° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 131.7392° |
| True anomaly | 228.36463° |
| Mean anomaly | 228.5964° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 228.48046° |
| Mean motion | 3.67927 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.0004085 |
| 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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