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TIROS-6
Former American weather satellite. TIROS-6 was launched on September 18, 1962 aboard a Thor Delta from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1962 A PSI 1NORAD 397United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiros 6
- Common name
- TIROS-6
- Payload designation
- Tiros F2
- Other names
- :N,:NB,NASA A-51:NA2
- International designator
- 1962 A PSI 1
- NORAD catalog number
- 397
- GCAT identifier
- S00397
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.020
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Tiros E
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Tiros
Launch
- Date
- September 18, 1962 · 08:53 UTC
- Launch record
- 1962 A PSISuccess
- Rocket
- Thor Delta
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 682 km
- Apogee
- 713 km
- Inclination
- 58.28°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 12, 1963
- End of operations
- Oct 12, 1963
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 Q9353721 (CC0).