NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TDRS-M (TDRS-13)

Launch Time
Fri Aug 18, 2017 12:29 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 401
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Price: $109.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,826 kN
Payload to LEO: 9,797 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,750 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 58.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.8 m

Mission Details

TDRS-M (TDRS-13)

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,454.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2017

51st orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

120th mission
5th mission of 2017
119th successful mission
115th consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

72nd mission
4th mission of 2017
71st successful mission
62nd consecutive successful mission