TIROS 5

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite TIROS 5 at a glance.

Uptime

23028

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

58.1

Latest

Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for TIROS 5.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: TIROS 5

International designator: 1962-025A

Object number (NORAD): 309

Object ID (CCSDS): 309

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.626 minutes

Inclination: 58.0904 deg

SMA: 7071.122 km

Apoapsis: 825.784 km

Periapsis: 560.189 km

RAAN: 53.4616 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0187803

Argument of periapsis: 146.7094 deg

Mean anomaly: 214.5915 deg

Mean motion: 14.60058664 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000424 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00010326 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 1:09 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 TIROS 5

TLE line 1: 1 00309U 62025A 25186.54838301 .00000424 00000-0 10326-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 00309 58.0904 53.4616 0187803 146.7094 214.5915 14.60058664331197

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite TIROS 5.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object TIROS 5.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-2D DEB SSO 2025-05-29 19:10:32 0.000254684 454.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-11-23 12:43:47 0.0002952953 715.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-11-05 03:42:12 0.002193468 548.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.

TIROS 5 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor Delta | Tiros 5’, on board a Thor Delta space rocket.

The launch took place on June 19, 1962, 12:19 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 17A.

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Launch to space Thor Delta | Tiros 5
Thor Delta | Tiros 5

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 19, 1962, 12:19 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Thor Delta

Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 17A

Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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