NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TDRS-K

Launch Time
Thu Jan 31, 2013 01:48 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-K

TDRS-11, known before launch as TDRS-K, is an American communications satellite which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. The eleventh Tracking and Data Relay Satellite is the first third-generation spacecraft.

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

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2013

4th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

67th mission
1st mission of 2013
66th successful mission
62nd consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

35th mission
1st mission of 2013
34th successful mission
25th consecutive successful mission