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TIROS-3
Former American weather satellite. TIROS-3 was launched on July 12, 1961 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1961 RHO 1NORAD 162United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiros 3
- Common name
- TIROS-3
- Payload designation
- NASA A-3
- Other names
- :N,:NA,Tiros C:NB
- International designator
- 1961 RHO 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 162
- GCAT identifier
- S00162
- 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
- July 12, 1961 · 10:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 1961 RHOSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 734 km
- Apogee
- 821 km
- Inclination
- 47.90°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 27, 1962
- End of operations
- Feb 27, 1962
Size
- Mass
- 129 kg
- Dry mass
- 129 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 Q12912933 (CC0).