NIMBUS 4, 4362
Orbit data source: Space-Track
NIMBUS 4, 4362 is a payload satellite owned by GSFC (US) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 08 Apr 1970 UTC via a THORAD SLV-2G AGENA D launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
GE/MSVD
Mission
Non-operational spacecraft
Bus & Motor
NIMBUS, Unknown motor
Mass
619 kg wet, 619 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Unknown
Radar Cross Section
Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago
TLE from 5 hours ago
0 NIMBUS 4
1 4362U 70025A 26033.52023471 -.00000020 00000-0 42975-4 0 9991
2 4362 99.9611 315.9192 0007212 331.0617 202.8348 13.44747452738742Epoch: 2026-02-02T12:29Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-02T12:29:08.278Z)
Latitude
5.96697°
Longitude
176.9668°
Altitude
1,098.807 km
Speed
7.301 km/s
True Right ascension
09h 07m 51s
True Declination
5° 55' 59"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
19:17:08
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,094.354 km
Perigee altitude
1,083.583 km
Semi-major axis
7,467.106 km
Eccentricity
0.00072
Inclination
99.9611°
RAAN
315.9192°
Arg. of periapsis
331.0617°
True anomaly
202.80275°
Mean anomaly
202.8348°
Eccentric anomaly
202.81877°
Mean motion
3.36368 °/min
Orbital period
107.03 mins
BSTAR
0.000042975
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Other satellites on launch #25 in the year 1970 (1970-04-08 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.NIMBUS 4 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. |
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| 12 mins | 2026-02-02 18:51:56.515Z | 175.317° S | 2026-02-02 18:57:56.515Z | 267.791° W | 42.661° | 2026-02-02 19:03:56.515Z | 338.994° N |
| 6 mins | 2026-02-03 06:08:56.515Z | 69.179° E | 2026-02-03 06:10:56.515Z | 89.885° E | 16.331° | 2026-02-03 06:14:56.515Z | 128.175° SE |
| 11 mins | 2026-02-03 07:51:56.515Z | 10.989° NNE | 2026-02-03 07:56:56.515Z | 311.958° NW | 44.144° | 2026-02-03 08:02:56.515Z | 203.899° SW |
| 4 mins | 2026-02-03 09:39:56.515Z | 322.174° NNW | 2026-02-03 09:41:56.515Z | 302.87° NW | 13.465° | 2026-02-03 09:43:56.515Z | 284.18° WNW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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