TIROS 3

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TIROS 3 is classified as:

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NORAD ID: 162

Int'l Code: 1961-017A

Perigee: 719.7 km

Apogee: 784.5 km

Inclination: 47.9 °

Period: 99.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7123 km

RCS: 0.8364 m² (medium)

Launch date: July 12, 1961
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

TIROS 3 (Television and InfraRed Observation Satellite) was a spin-stabilized meteorological spacecraft designed to test experimental television techniques and infrared equipment. The satellite was in the form of an 18-sided right prism, 107 cm in diameter and 56 cm high. The top and sides of the spacecraft were covered with approximately 9000 1- by 2-cm silicon solar cells. TIROS 3 was equipped with two independent television camera subsystems for taking cloudcover pictures, plus a two-channel low-resolution radiometer, an omnidirectional radiometer, and a five-channel infrared scanning radiometer. All three radiometers were used for measuring radiation from the earth and its atmosphere.

1 00162U 61017A   21264.79317779 -.00000107  00000-0  15958-4 0  9990
2 00162  47.9000 305.8698 0045476 234.6637 125.0000 14.44096585141737

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC