Key statistics
Satellite TIROS 8 at a glance.
Uptime
22539
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
58.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TIROS 8.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIROS 8
International designator: 1963-054A
Object number (NORAD): 716
Object ID (CCSDS): 716
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.782 minutes
Inclination: 58.4963 deg
SMA: 7030.693 km
Apoapsis: 663.533 km
Periapsis: 641.583 km
RAAN: 15.9356 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00156102
Argument of periapsis: 243.4147 deg
Mean anomaly: 116.5293 deg
Mean motion: 14.72670351 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001177 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021249224 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 1:47 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIROS 8
TLE line 1: 1 00716U 63054A 25247.07486800 .00001177 00000-0 21249-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 00716 58.4963 15.9356 0015610 243.4147 116.5293 14.72670351273564
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIROS 8.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object TIROS 8.
Associated space launch
The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 24 also carried the RM 5 radiometer payload for background measurements for the MIDAS program.
TIROS 8 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4 26’, on board a Thor SLV-2A Agena D space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 21, 1963, 9:45 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 2W.
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4 26
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 21, 1963, 9:45 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Thor SLV-2A Agena D
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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