TDRS-M (TDRS-13)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

12:29:00

Friday August 18, 2017

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TDRS-M (TDRS-13)

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TDRS-M, to be renamed TDRS-13 upon entry into service, is an American communications satellite operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. The thirteenth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, it is the third and final third-generation spacecraft to be launched, following the 2014 launch of TDRS-L.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,454 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas V 401

Active 2002 to 2022

United Launch Alliance logo

Agency

ULA

Price

$109.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.81m

Height: 58.3m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 9,797 kg

GTO: 4,750 kg

Liftoff Thrust

3,826 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.2m

Height: 13.8m

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Atlas V


72nd

Mission

4th

Mission of 2017

United Launch Alliance


120th

Mission

5th

Mission of 2017

2017


51st

Orbital launch attempt