Thor Delta | Tiros 4

Launch information

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Mission description

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

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Thor Delta | Tiros 4’.

Launch image Thor Delta | Tiros 4

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Feb. 8, 1962, 12:43 p.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

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

Mission

Tiros 4 (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 4’ 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
226 TIROS 4 LEO 48.3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Thor Delta | Tiros 4’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#145

To this date

Location Launch

#75

To this date

Pad Launch

#14

To this date

Agency Launch

#75

To this date

Orbital Launch

#4

Year 1962

Location Launch

#3

Year 1962

Pad Launch

#1

Year 1962

Agency Launch

#4

Year 1962

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