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TIROS-4
Former American weather satellite. TIROS-4 was launched on February 8, 1962 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1962 BET 1NORAD 226United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiros 4
- Common name
- TIROS-4
- Payload designation
- NASA A-9
- Other names
- :N,:NA,Tiros D:NB
- International designator
- 1962 BET 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 226
- GCAT identifier
- S00226
- 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
- February 8, 1962 · 12:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 BETSuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 716 km
- Apogee
- 838 km
- Inclination
- 48.29°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jul 19, 1962
- End of operations
- Jul 19, 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 Q9353719 (CC0).