TDRS-10
American communications satellite
TDRS-J undergoing processing before launch
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Mission type | Communication |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 2002-055A |
SATCAT no. | 27566 |
Mission duration |
Planned: 20 years
Elapsed: 20 years, 7 months, 22 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | BSS-601 |
Manufacturer | Boeing SDC |
Launch mass | 3,180 kg (7,010 lb) [1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 5 December 2002, 02:42 ( 2002-12-05UTC02:42 ) UTC |
Rocket | Atlas IIA |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-36A |
Contractor | ILS |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude |
153° West
151° West ~42-40° West (2004—) |
Perigee altitude | 35,766 kilometers (22,224 mi) [2] |
Apogee altitude | 35,798 kilometers (22,244 mi) [2] |
Inclination | 6.09 degrees [2] |
Period | 1435.86 minutes [2] |
Epoch | 1 January 2004 [2] |
TDRS-10 , known before launch as TDRS-J , is an American communications satellite which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System . It was constructed by the Boeing Satellite Development Center , formerly Hughes Space and Communications , and is based on the BSS-601 satellite bus . [3] It was the third and final Advanced TDRS, or second-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite , to be launched.
History
The final Atlas IIA rocket was used to launch TDRS-J, under a contract with International Launch Services . The launch occurred at 02:42 UTC on 5 December 2002, from Space Launch Complex 36A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . [4] TDRS-10 separated from its carrier rocket into a geosynchronous transfer orbit . At 01:00 UTC on 14 December, following a series of apogee burns, it reached geostationary orbit. [5]
Deployment
TDRS-J was initially positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude 153 degrees west of the Greenwich Meridian , [6] and following on-orbit testing, it received the operational designation TDRS-10. In December 2003, it was moved to 151.5° west, arriving the next month. It remained there until June, when it departed for 42.3° west. It arrived there in November, and has since been slowly drifting eastwards. By November 2005, it was at 42° west, and in November 2006, it was recorded to have been at 41.6° west. [6] In July 2009, it was at 40.75° west. [1] In May 2020, it was at 171 degrees west. [7]
See also
References
- 1 2 "UCS Satellite Database" . Union of Concerned Scientists. 1 July 2009 . Retrieved 10 August 2009 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 3 May 2018 .
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "TDRS 8, 9, 10" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved 10 August 2009 .
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 10 August 2009 .
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Index" . Geostationary Orbit Catalog . Jonathan's Space Page. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010 . Retrieved 10 August 2009 .
- 1 2 "TDRS 10" . TSE . Retrieved 10 August 2009 .
- ↑ "TDRS TLE Data" . celestrak.org . Retrieved November 20, 2022 .
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