Tiros 6

  1962-047A

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Tiros VI was the second enlarged hatbox Tiros. Launched at 0845 UT on 1962 Sep 18 from pad 17 at Cape Canaveral, it worked until 1963 Oct 12. In Dec 1993 its orbit was 631 x 654 km x 58.3 deg.

Tiros 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Sep 18	0853:08	Launch by Delta	CC LC17A
		T+2:40 Thor MECO
	0855	Thor 318 sep
	0855	T+2:44 Delta S/N 2024 burn
		T+2:58 Fairing sep
	0857:42	T+4:34 Delta SECO
		T+10:36 Spinup
	0903:47	T+10:39 St 2 sep
	0904:01	T+10:53 Altair 20001 burn 40.6s
	0904:42	T+11:34 Altair burnout
	0914?	Altair sep
	0916?	Despin