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TIROS-8
Former American weather satellite. TIROS-8 was launched on December 21, 1963 aboard a Thor Delta B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1963-054ANORAD 716United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiros 8
- Common name
- TIROS-8
- Payload designation
- Tiros H
- Other names
- :N,:NB,NASA A-53:NA2
- International designator
- 1963-054A
- NORAD catalog number
- 716
- GCAT identifier
- S00716
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.059
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
- December 21, 1963 · 09:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1963-054Success
- Rocket
- Thor Delta B
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 697 km
- Apogee
- 757 km
- Inclination
- 58.49°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jun 30, 1967
- End of operations
- Jun 30, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 120 kg
- Dry mass
- 120 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 Q11836713 (CC0).