United States Air ForceThor Delta BSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Tiros 7
Launched
June 19, 1963
Image: NASA
Summary
Tiros 7 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta B from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 19, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 146th launch, 20th this year and humanity's 257th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Thor Delta B flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Tiros 7, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 644 × 644 km orbit inclined 58.4°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta B · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 5th Thor Delta B flight · 4th this yearUnited States Air Force's 146th launch20th this yearhumanity's 257th orbital launch attempt33rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tiros 7 · NORAD 604 · 1963-024 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TIROS 7
- Object ID
- 1963-024A
- Epoch
- 1963-06-19 09:45:47 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.7768788 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0
- Inclination
- 58.44°
- Ascending node
- 316.869°
- Arg. of perigee
- 57.7399°
- Mean anomaly
- 302.2456°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; none still in orbit
- Tiros 7 · NORAD 604 · re-entered June 3, 1994
Delta 19 Stage 3 · re-entered December 23, 1978
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
16th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 3rd this year · 100th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
42 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Tiros 7 launch?
Tiros 7 launched on June 19, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Tiros 7?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Tiros 7?
Thor Delta B, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta B spec sheet
Where did Tiros 7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Tiros 7 reach?
Tiros 7, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 644 × 644 km orbit inclined 58.4°.
How many satellites did Tiros 7 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).