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TDRS-8
Communications satellite. TDRS-8 was launched on June 30, 2000 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2000-034ANORAD 26388United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS 8
- Common name
- TDRS-8
- Payload designation
- TDRS H
- International designator
- 2000-034A
- NORAD catalog number
- 26388
- GCAT identifier
- S26388
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/379
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- June 30, 2000 · 12:56 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-034Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,669 km
- Apogee
- 35,899 km
- Inclination
- 6.72°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,180 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,600 kg
- Length
- 8.4 m
- Diameter
- 3.40 m
- Span
- 21.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7669872 (CC0).