TDRS-12
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.
TDRS-L at the Astrotech payload processing facility | |
| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-004A |
| SATCAT no. | 39504 |
| Mission duration | Planned: 15 years Elapsed: 10 years, 20 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | BSS-601HP |
| Manufacturer | Boeing |
| Launch mass | 3,454 kg (7,615 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 24 January 2014, 02:33 UTC |
| Rocket | Atlas V 401 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 |
| Contractor | United Launch Alliance |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geosynchronous orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 35,785 kilometers (22,236 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 35,797 kilometers (22,243 mi) |
| Inclination | 6.77 degrees |
| Period | 1436.03 minutes |
| Epoch | 22 January 2015, 07:10:47 UTC |
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