Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
02:42:00
Thursday December 5, 2002
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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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,180 kilograms
58th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2002
57th
Orbital launch attempt