ULA
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TDRS-K
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
01:48:00
Thursday January 31, 2013
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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.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,454 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
ULAPrice
$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
Stats
Atlas V
35th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2013
United Launch Alliance
67th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2013
2013
4th
Orbital launch attempt