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TIROS 7

DecayedPayloadLEO

TIROS-7 was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the seventh in a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites.

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Launch

Launch date
June 19, 1963 at 09:50 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Thor Delta B →
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
Tiros 7
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
194 km
Periapsis
188 km
Inclination
58.17°
Orbital period
88.32 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1963-024A
NORAD catalog №
604
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Radar cross-section
1.3081 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 3, 1994

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 3, 1994
Time in service
31.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed