TDRS-10
 TDRS-J undergoing processing before launch | |
| Mission type | Communication |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2002-055A |
| SATCAT no. | 27566 |
| Mission duration | Planned: 20 years Elapsed: 21 years, 4 months, 21 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
BSS-601 | |
| Manufacturer | Boeing SDC |
| Launch mass | 3,180 kg (7,010 lb)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 5 December 2002, 02:42 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] |
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TDRS-10, known before launch as TDRS-J, is an American
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
, to be launched.
History
The final
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
- ^ a b "UCS Satellite Database". Union of Concerned Scientists. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b "TDRS 10". TSE. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ "TDRS TLE Data". celestrak.org. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
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