TIROS 5, 309
Orbit data source: Space-Track
TIROS 5, 309 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 19 Jun 1962 UTC via a THOR DELTA launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). 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 5 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | LEO |
| Last TLE update | 13 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | RCA/East Windsor |
| Mission status | Non-operational |
| Mission | Civil Weather |
| Bus & Motor | TIROS, Unknown motor |
| Mass | 129 kg wet, 129 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Radar Cross Section | 0.82 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²) |
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TLE from 13 hours ago
0 TIROS 5
1 00309U 62025A 24251.51927332 .00003994 00000-0 68609-3 0 9990
2 00309 58.0895 78.2523 0193621 93.5905 268.7288 14.58966166287245Epoch: 2024-09-07T12:27Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-09-07T12:27:45.214Z)
| Latitude | -0.00006° |
| Longitude | -95.76242° |
| Altitude | 703.573 km |
| Speed | 7.502 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 05h 13m 00s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Predictive object data (real-time)
| Latitude | -1.65408° |
| Longitude | -98.79563° |
| Altitude | 710.208 km |
| Speed | 7.495 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 05h 19m 33s |
| Apparent Declination | -19° 43' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Predictive observer data (real-time)
| Local Sidereal Time | 17:46:36 |
| Azimuth | 18.004° NNE |
| Elevation | -68.983° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee | 832.985 km |
| Perigee | 559.044 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,074.152 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0193621 |
| Inclination | 58.0895° |
| RAAN | 78.2523° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 93.5905° |
| True anomaly | 266.51236° |
| Mean anomaly | 268.7288° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 267.62039° |
| Mean motion | 3.64781 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00068609 |
| Period | 98.69 mins |
No data available
Other satellites on launch #25 in the year 1962 (1962-06-19 UTC)
| TIROS 5, 309 |
| DELTA 1 R/B, 311 (Decayed) |
| DELTA 1 DEB (YO), 312 |
| DELTA 1 DEB (YO), 313 (Decayed) |
| DELTA 1 DEB, 6251 (Decayed) |
TIROS 5 Visibility forecast
Observer location: 39.9160978°, -105.1181434
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