Key statistics
Satellite TIROS 6 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
23098
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
58.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TIROS 6 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: TIROS 6 DEB
International designator: 1962-047F
Object number (NORAD): 29006
Object ID (CCSDS): 29006
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.935 minutes
Inclination: 58.3101 deg
SMA: 6990.039 km
Apoapsis: 622.583 km
Periapsis: 601.224 km
RAAN: 27.1825 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00152777
Argument of periapsis: 90.0762 deg
Mean anomaly: 270.2032 deg
Mean motion: 14.8553675 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001564 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00020368918 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 8, 2025, 3:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 7, 2025, 8:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIROS 6 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29006U 62047F 25341.83816479 .00001564 00000-0 20369-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 29006 58.3101 27.1825 0015278 90.0762 270.2032 14.85536750673195
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIROS 6 DEB.
Associated space launch
NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.
TIROS 6 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor Delta | Tiros 6’, on board a Thor Delta space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 18, 1962, 8:53 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 17A.
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Thor Delta | Tiros 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 18, 1962, 8:53 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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