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 14.71530929220306
Epoch: 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 | -22.1411° |
Longitude | 125.21489° |
Altitude | 680.668 km |
Speed | 7.507 km/s |
Apparent Right ascension | 14h 59m 44s |
Apparent Declination | -72° 42' 14" |
Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Predictive observer data (real-time)
Local Sidereal Time | 18:00:54 |
Azimuth | 193.704° SSW |
Elevation | -26.887° |
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 |
No data available
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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