TIROS 8
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About This Satellite
TIROS 8 is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 716 with international designator 63054A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by RCA, on the Tiros platform, with a launch mass of about 120 kg, with a shape described as Cyl. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its LEO orbit had an apogee of about 673 km and a perigee near 643 km, with an inclination of 58.49° and a period of roughly 97.7 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 7.51 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, TIROS 8's apogee was 673 km, where its speed was about 7.51 km/s, completing about 14.7 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.