Thor Delta | Tiros 6

Launch information

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Mission description

NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Thor Delta | Tiros 6’.

Launch image Thor Delta | Tiros 6

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Sept. 18, 1962, 8:53 a.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Tiros 6 (SSO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Thor Delta

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Thor Delta | Tiros 6’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
397 TIROS 6 LEO 58.3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Thor Delta | Tiros 6’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#196

To this date

Location Launch

#87

To this date

Pad Launch

#18

To this date

Agency Launch

#109

To this date

Orbital Launch

#55

Year 1962

Location Launch

#15

Year 1962

Pad Launch

#5

Year 1962

Agency Launch

#38

Year 1962

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