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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Identifier
Orbit
Country
USRelated business
Manufacturer
GE/MSVD
Mission
Non-operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor
NIMBUS, Unknown motor
Mass
619 kg wet, 619 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cone + 2 Pan, 1.7 m
Radar Cross Section
2.947 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 21 hours ago
TLE from 21 hours ago
0 NIMBUS 4
1 04362U 70025A 25257.52986777 -.00000018 00000-0 46319-4 0 9998
2 04362 99.9502 176.3468 0007028 314.3399 218.9708 13.44735529719796Epoch: 2025-09-14T12:43Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-14T12:43:00.575Z)
Latitude
6.56586°
Longitude
172.99792°
Altitude
1,097.933 km
Speed
7.302 km/s
True Right ascension
23h 49m 59s
True Declination
6° 31' 43"
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
02:47:43
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,094.26 km
Perigee altitude
1,083.764 km
Semi-major axis
7,467.149 km
Eccentricity
0.0007
Inclination
99.9502°
RAAN
176.3468°
Arg. of periapsis
314.3399°
True anomaly
218.92018°
Mean anomaly
218.9708°
Eccentric anomaly
218.94549°
Mean motion
3.36365 °/min
Orbital period
107.03 mins
BSTAR
0.000046319
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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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| 4 mins | 2025-09-15 16:38:41.133Z | 72.166° E | 2025-09-15 16:40:41.133Z | 53.333° ENE | 12.984° | 2025-09-15 16:42:41.133Z | 34.569° NE |
| 11 mins | 2025-09-15 18:19:41.133Z | 154.365° SSE | 2025-09-15 18:24:41.133Z | 101.25° ESE | 43.668° | 2025-09-15 18:30:41.133Z | 349.409° N |
| 6 mins | 2025-09-15 20:08:41.133Z | 242.68° WSW | 2025-09-15 20:10:41.133Z | 263.255° W | 16.735° | 2025-09-15 20:14:41.133Z | 303.36° NW |
| 11 mins | 2025-09-16 07:19:41.133Z | 24.807° NE | 2025-09-16 07:24:41.133Z | 111.871° ESE | 42.244° | 2025-09-16 07:30:41.133Z | 184.093° SSW |
| 8 mins | 2025-09-16 09:05:41.133Z | 340.898° N | 2025-09-16 09:09:41.133Z | 297.335° NW | 21.273° | 2025-09-16 09:13:41.133Z | 256.397° W |
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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