Key statistics
Satellite TIROS 1 at a glance.
Uptime
23899
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: 97.419 minutes
Inclination: 48.3784 deg
SMA: 7013.307 km
Apoapsis: 650.461 km
Periapsis: 619.882 km
RAAN: 295.5227 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00218005
Argument of periapsis: 124.845 deg
Mean anomaly: 235.4518 deg
Mean motion: 14.78150011 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000109 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017756697 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIROS 1
TLE line 1: 1 00029U 60002B 25248.81892220 .00001090 00000-0 17757-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 00029 48.3784 295.5227 0021801 124.8450 235.4518 14.78150011500051
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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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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