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TDRS-4
Decommissioned American communications satellite. TDRS-4 was launched on March 13, 1989 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1989-021BNORAD 19883United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS 4
- Common name
- TDRS-4
- Payload designation
- TDRS D
- International designator
- 1989-021B
- NORAD catalog number
- 19883
- GCAT identifier
- S19883
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/212
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- TDRS
Launch
- Date
- March 13, 1989 · 14:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-021Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 0.22°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 1, 2011
- End of operations
- Dec 1, 2011
Size
- Mass
- 2,245 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 Q7669869 (CC0).