Key statistics
Satellite TIROS 6 at a glance.
Uptime
23053
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
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.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIROS 6
International designator: 1962-047A
Object number (NORAD): 397
Object ID (CCSDS): 397
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.312 minutes
Inclination: 58.3031 deg
SMA: 6960.096 km
Apoapsis: 587.039 km
Periapsis: 576.883 km
RAAN: 73.4355 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00072963
Argument of periapsis: 156.6979 deg
Mean anomaly: 203.4401 deg
Mean motion: 14.95133281 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002646 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002599912 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 30, 2025, 3:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 29, 2025, 9:49 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIROS 6
TLE line 1: 1 00397U 62047A 25302.90944527 .00002646 00000-0 25999-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 00397 58.3031 73.4355 0007296 156.6979 203.4401 14.95133281377878
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIROS 6.
Associated space launch
NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.
TIROS 6 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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