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Atlas IIA | TDRS 9

Lockheed Martin · Atlas IIA · Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Lockheed Martin's 61st launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 4,522nd orbital launch attempt

March 8, 2002Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Mar 8, 22:59Mar 8, 22:59 UTC

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TDRS 9

TDRS-9, known before launch as TDRS-I, is an American communications satellite which is 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 is based on the BSS-601 satellite bus.[3] It was the second Advanced TDRS, or second-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, to be launched.

Communications · Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO)

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Pad — Launch Complex 36A

71 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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