 TDRS-I undergoing processing before launch | |
| Mission type | Communication |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2002-011A |
| SATCAT no. | 27389 |
| Mission duration | Planned: 15 years Final: 20 years, 9 months and 27 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | BSS-601 |
| Manufacturer | Boeing SDC |
| Launch mass | 3,180 kilograms (7,010 lb)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 March 2002, 22:59 UTC |
| Rocket | Atlas IIA |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-36A |
| Contractor | ILS |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Decommissioned |
| Deactivated | 5 January 2023[2] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Longitude | 151° West 173.5° West 64.5° West |
| Perigee altitude | 35,768 kilometers (22,225 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 35,809 kilometers (22,251 mi) |
| Inclination | 0 degrees |
| Epoch | 8 March 2002, 17:59:00 UTC[3] |
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TDRS-9, known before launch as TDRS-I, was an American communications satellite which was operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. It was constructed by the Boeing Satellite Development Center, formerly Hughes Space and Communications, and was based on the BSS-601 satellite bus.[4] It was the second Advanced TDRS, or second-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, to be launched.
- ^ "UCS Satellite Database". Union of Concerned Scientists. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ "NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-9 Reaches End of Mission". www.nasa.gov. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "TDRS 8, 9, 10". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 10 August 2009.