Key statistics
Satellite TIROS 5 at a glance.
Uptime
23132
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
58.1
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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: 98.615 minutes
Inclination: 58.0926 deg
SMA: 7070.572 km
Apoapsis: 818.753 km
Periapsis: 566.121 km
RAAN: 29.9489 deg
Eccentricy: 0.017865
Argument of periapsis: 292.8885 deg
Mean anomaly: 65.3371 deg
Mean motion: 14.60228908 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000942 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001897117 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 11:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIROS 5
TLE line 1: 1 00309U 62025A 25290.96245007 .00000942 00000-0 18971-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 00309 58.0926 29.9489 0178650 292.8885 65.3371 14.60228908346440
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.
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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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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