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TDRS-3
Communications satellite. TDRS-3 was launched on September 29, 1988 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1988-091BNORAD 19548United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS 3
- Common name
- TDRS-3
- Payload designation
- TDRS C
- International designator
- 1988-091B
- NORAD catalog number
- 19548
- GCAT identifier
- S19548
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/208
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- TDRS
Launch
- Date
- September 29, 1988 · 15:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-091Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,797 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 4, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,103 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 Q7669867 (CC0).