Key statistics
Satellite THOR ABLE DEB (YO) at a glance.
Uptime
23726
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
48.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for THOR ABLE DEB (YO).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: THOR ABLE DEB (YO)
International designator: 1960-002D
Object number (NORAD): 115
Object ID (CCSDS): 115
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.38 minutes
Inclination: 48.1624 deg
SMA: 6963.37 km
Apoapsis: 604.497 km
Periapsis: 565.972 km
RAAN: 189.9596 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0027662
Argument of periapsis: 354.0972 deg
Mean anomaly: 5.9615 deg
Mean motion: 14.94079128 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008201 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00077456 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: March 16, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: March 15, 2025, 4:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 THOR ABLE DEB (YO)
TLE line 1: 1 00115U 60002D 25074.68612031 .00008201 00000-0 77456-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 00115 48.1624 189.9596 0027662 354.0972 5.9615 14.94079128449473
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite THOR ABLE DEB (YO).
Associated space launch
TIROS-1 was the first successful low-Earth orbital weather satellite, and the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.
THOR ABLE DEB (YO) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor Able II | Tiros 1’, on board a Thor Able II space rocket.
The launch took place on April 1, 1960, 11:40 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 17A.
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Thor Able II | Tiros 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 1, 1960, 11:40 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor Able II
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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