United States Air ForceThor Delta BSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Tiros 8
Launched
December 21, 1963
Image: USAF
Summary
Tiros 8 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta B from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 21, 1963. It was United States Air Force's 174th launch, 48th this year and humanity's 292nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th Thor Delta B flight and the 6th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Tiros 8, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 697 × 772 km orbit inclined 58.5°. 5 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
- 7th Thor Delta B flight · 6th this yearUnited States Air Force's 174th launch48th this yearhumanity's 292nd orbital launch attempt68th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tiros 8 · NORAD 716 · 1963-054 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TIROS 8
- Object ID
- 1963-054A
- Epoch
- 1963-12-21 12:44:17 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.4947487 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0052505
- Inclination
- 58.4819°
- Ascending node
- 133.7376°
- Arg. of perigee
- 123.5414°
- Mean anomaly
- 236.9611°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- 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
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris, 2 components; 3 still in orbit
- Tiros 8 · NORAD 716 · in orbit
Delta 22 Stage 3 · re-entered October 5, 1990
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
18th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 5th this year · 106th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
24 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Tiros 8 launch?
Tiros 8 launched on December 21, 1963. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Tiros 8?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Tiros 8?
Thor Delta B, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta B spec sheet
Where did Tiros 8 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Tiros 8 reach?
Tiros 8, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 697 × 772 km orbit inclined 58.5°.
How many satellites did Tiros 8 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).