NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TDRS-L

Launch Time
Fri Jan 24, 2014 02:33 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-L

TDRS-12, known before launch as TDRS-L, is an American communications satellite operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. The twelfth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, it is the second third-generation spacecraft to be launched, following TDRS-11 in 2013.

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

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2014

4th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

78th mission
1st mission of 2014
77th successful mission
73rd consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

43rd mission
1st mission of 2014
42nd successful mission
33rd consecutive successful mission