Friday, April 18, 1997

Tiros 7

  1963-024A


Tiros VII (A-52,Tiros G) was an enlarged hatbox Tiros launched for the 1963 hurricane season. Liftoff came at 0950:02 on 1963 Jun 19, with orbit insertion at 1001. Tiros VII was the most successful of the early Tiros satellites, deactivated on 1968 Jun 1 after taking 125000 pictures. In Dec 1993 its orbit was 341 x 351 km x 58.2 deg, and it reentered in 1994. The satellite's orbit ensured that it operated in the opposite hemisphere to Tiros VI and was observing the northern hemisphere during the Atlantic hurricane season.


Tiros 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1963 Jun 19  0950:01  Launch by Delta  CK LC17 
 0952:25  T+2:24 MECO 
 0952:29 Thor sep 
 0952:29 Delta S/N 20004 SES 
 0952:44  Fairing  
 0955:15 M+2:50 Delta SECO 
 1000:46 M+8:21 Altair SV-355 burn 
 1001:26 M+9:03s Altair burnout  
 1003  Perigee 
 1011:13  T+21:20 Altair sep  618 x 646 x 58.2 
 1015:45  Despin  
1968 Jun 1   Deactivated 
1994 Nov 3 Reentered 

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