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TIROS-N
U.S. weather satellite. TIROS-N was launched on October 13, 1978 aboard a Atlas F from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1978-096ANORAD 11060United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiros-N
- Common name
- TIROS-N
- International designator
- 1978-096A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11060
- GCAT identifier
- S11060
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/019
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Tiros N
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- RCA Astro Electronics (Astro Space)
- Platform (bus)
- Tiros N
Launch
- Date
- October 13, 1978 · 11:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-096Success
- Rocket
- Atlas F
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 847 km
- Apogee
- 865 km
- Inclination
- 98.92°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 7, 2023
- End of operations
- Feb 27, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 675 kg
- Dry mass
- 675 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,405 kg
- Length
- 3.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 4.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16945638 (CC0).