ULA
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TDRS-L
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
02:33:00
Friday January 24, 2014
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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.
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
43rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2014
United Launch Alliance
78th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2014
2014
4th
Orbital launch attempt