TDRS-13

TDRS-13
TDRS-M at the Astrotech payload processing facility
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID2017-047A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.42915Edit this on Wikidata
Mission durationPlanned: 15 years
Elapsed: 7 years, 2 months, 22 days
Spacecraft properties
BusBSS-601HP
ManufacturerBoeing
Launch mass3,454 kg (7,615 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date18 August 2017, 12:29 (2017-08-18UTC12:29) UTC[2]
RocketAtlas V 401
Launch siteCape Canaveral SLC-41
ContractorUnited Launch Alliance
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeosynchronous orbit

TDRS-13, known before launch as TDRS-M, 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-12.

  1. ^ Krebs, Gunter. "TDRS K, L, M". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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