In orbitDebris

TIROS 8 DEB

NORAD: 19396
COSPAR: 1963-054E

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Spacecraft

Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S19396, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1963-12-21
Rocket: Thor Delta B
Flight: Tiros 8
Mission name: Tiros H
Launch site: CC, LC17B
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1963-054

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1963-054, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1963-12-21
Period: 95.0 min
Inclination: 58.47°
Apogee: 521 km
Perigee: 512 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0165 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: TIROS 8 (NORAD 716)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris3 in total, 2 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 0 still in orbit