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TDRS-13
Communications satellite. TDRS-13 was launched on August 18, 2017 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-047ANORAD 42915United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS 13
- Common name
- TDRS-13
- Payload designation
- TDRS M
- International designator
- 2017-047A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42915
- GCAT identifier
- S42915
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/859
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-601HP
Launch
- Date
- August 18, 2017 · 12:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-047Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,755 km
- Apogee
- 35,813 km
- Inclination
- 6.95°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 25, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,454 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 8.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 21.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18486434 (CC0).