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TDRS-9
Communications satellite. TDRS-9 was launched on March 8, 2002 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2002-011ANORAD 27389United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- TDRS 9
- Common name
- TDRS-9
- Payload designation
- TDRS I
- International designator
- 2002-011A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27389
- GCAT identifier
- S27389
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/412
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TDRS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- March 8, 2002 · 22:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-011Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,767 km
- Apogee
- 35,809 km
- Inclination
- 8.39°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jan 6, 2023
- End of operations
- Jan 6, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,190 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 Q7669873 (CC0).