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TDRS-1
Decommissioned American communications satellite. TDRS-1 was launched on April 4, 1983 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1983-026BNORAD 13969United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS 1
- Common name
- TDRS-1
- Payload designation
- TDRS A
- International designator
- 1983-026B
- NORAD catalog number
- 13969
- GCAT identifier
- S13969
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/096
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- TDRS
Launch
- Date
- April 4, 1983 · 18:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-026Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,801 km
- Inclination
- 1.37°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2018
- End of operations
- Oct 12, 2009
Size
- Mass
- 2,263 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,673 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 17.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7669864 (CC0).