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TDRS-6
Communications satellite. TDRS-6 was launched on January 13, 1993 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1993-003BNORAD 22314United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS-6
- Payload designation
- TDRS F
- International designator
- 1993-003B
- NORAD catalog number
- 22314
- GCAT identifier
- S22314
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/267
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- TRW Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- TDRS
Launch
- Date
- January 13, 1993 · 13:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-003Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,794 km
- Inclination
- 0.07°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,534 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 Q14174202 (CC0).