TIROS 1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite TIROS 1 at a glance.

Uptime

23727

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

48.4

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for TIROS 1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: TIROS 1

International designator: 1960-002B

Object number (NORAD): 29

Object ID (CCSDS): 29

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.446 minutes

Inclination: 48.3787 deg

SMA: 7014.599 km

Apoapsis: 651.899 km

Periapsis: 621.029 km

RAAN: 31.5446 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0022004

Argument of periapsis: 103.7834 deg

Mean anomaly: 256.553 deg

Mean motion: 14.77741525 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00002582 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00038397 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: March 18, 2025, 2:25 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: March 17, 2025, 9:36 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 TIROS 1

TLE line 1: 1 00029U 60002B 25076.90022303 .00002582 00000-0 38397-3 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 00029 48.3787 31.5446 0022004 103.7834 256.5530 14.77741525474629

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite TIROS 1.

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.

TIROS 1 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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