THOR ABLE DEB (YO)

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

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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Launch to space Thor Able II | Tiros 1
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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