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TDRS-5
Communications satellite. TDRS-5 was launched on August 2, 1991 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1991-054BNORAD 21639United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS 5
- Common name
- TDRS-5
- Payload designation
- TDRS-E
- International designator
- 1991-054B
- NORAD catalog number
- 21639
- GCAT identifier
- S21639
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/258
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- TDRS
Launch
- Date
- August 2, 1991 · 15:02 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-054Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,787 km
- Inclination
- 0.10°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,534 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,700 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 Q7669868 (CC0).