NIMBUS 2 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite NIMBUS 2 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

21762

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

100.5

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for NIMBUS 2 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: NIMBUS 2 DEB

International designator: 1966-040E

Object number (NORAD): 25612

Object ID (CCSDS): 25612

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 104.548 minutes

Inclination: 100.4821 deg

SMA: 7351.403 km

Apoapsis: 1000.495 km

Periapsis: 946.041 km

RAAN: 231.334 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00370366

Argument of periapsis: 267.1796 deg

Mean anomaly: 268.3768 deg

Mean motion: 13.77359745 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00006288 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0063467875 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:39 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 NIMBUS 2 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 25612U 66040E 25345.44408889 .00006288 00000-0 63468-2 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 25612 100.4821 231.3340 0037037 267.1796 268.3768 13.77359745409710

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Real-time ground track for satellite NIMBUS 2 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object NIMBUS 2 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2025-10-27 20:31:49	0.0001792202	410.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 1225	LEO	2025-08-13 01:04:40	0.0001165739	373.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2025-04-05 18:08:05	0.0006978844	77.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2025-02-22 02:50:54	0.0001700641	160.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY
COSMOS 1275	LEO	2024-11-12 08:32:24	0.0007770574	293.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Nimbus 2, the second in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, added an additional medium-resolution infrared radiometer (MRIR) compared to Nimbus 1.

NIMBUS 2 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2’, on board a Thor SLV-2A Agena B space rocket.

The launch took place on May 15, 1966, 7:55 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 2E.

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Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 15, 1966, 7:55 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Thor SLV-2A Agena B

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2E

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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