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TIROS-10
Former American weather satellite. TIROS-10 was launched on July 2, 1965 aboard a Thor Delta C from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1965-051ANORAD 1430United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiros 10
- Common name
- TIROS-10
- Payload designation
- Tiros OT1
- International designator
- 1965-051A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1430
- GCAT identifier
- S01430
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.111
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TOS
- Owner
- ESSA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Tiros I
Launch
- Date
- July 2, 1965 · 04:07 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-051Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta C
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 743 km
- Apogee
- 835 km
- Inclination
- 98.60°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- Jul 1, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 127 kg
- Dry mass
- 127 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.10 m
- Span
- 1.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9353717 (CC0).