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TIROS-2
Former American weather satellite. TIROS-2 was launched on November 23, 1960 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 18, 2014).
COSPAR 1960 PI 1NORAD 63United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiros 2
- Common name
- TIROS-2
- Payload designation
- NASA A-2
- Other names
- :N,:NA,Tiros B:NB
- International designator
- 1960 PI 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 63
- GCAT identifier
- S00063
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.001
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Tiros A
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Tiros
Launch
- Date
- November 23, 1960 · 11:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 1960 PISuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 608 km
- Apogee
- 743 km
- Inclination
- 48.57°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 18, 2014
- Last known active
- Dec 4, 1961
- End of operations
- Dec 4, 1961
Size
- Mass
- 122 kg
- Dry mass
- 122 kg
- Length
- 0.5 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 Q9353718 (CC0).