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TDRS-10
Communications satellite. TDRS-10 was launched on December 5, 2002 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2002-055ANORAD 27566United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS 10
- Common name
- TDRS-10
- Payload designation
- TDRS J
- International designator
- 2002-055A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27566
- GCAT identifier
- S27566
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/428
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- December 5, 2002 · 02:42 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-055Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,766 km
- Apogee
- 35,798 km
- Inclination
- 6.09°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 3, 2025
- End of operations
- Jul 13, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 3,189 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,514 kg
- Length
- 8.4 m
- Diameter
- 3.40 m
- Span
- 21.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7669866 (CC0).