Lockheed MartinAtlas IIALaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TDRS 8
Launched
June 30, 2000
Image: Department of Defense
Summary
TDRS 8 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA from Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on June 30, 2000. It was Lockheed Martin's 51st launch, 5th this year and humanity's 4,403rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 19th Atlas IIA flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). TDRS 8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 240 × 27,695 km orbit inclined 27.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIA · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 19th Atlas IIA flight · 3rd this yearLockheed Martin's 51st launch5th this yearhumanity's 4,403rd orbital launch attempt36th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
TDRS 8 · NORAD 26388 · 2000-034 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TDRS 8
- Object ID
- 2000-034A
- Epoch
- 2000-06-30 09:15:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.99315849 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.674942
- Inclination
- 27.3768°
- Ascending node
- 295.4517°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.6242°
- Mean anomaly
- 176.4101°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- TDRS 8 · NORAD 26388 · in orbit
Centaur AC-139 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
American communications satellite.
Pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
59th launch from Launch Complex 36A, 3rd this year · 580th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
71 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
58 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did TDRS 8 launch?
TDRS 8 launched on June 30, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TDRS 8?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched TDRS 8?
Atlas IIA, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIA spec sheet
Where did TDRS 8 launch from?
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did TDRS 8 reach?
TDRS 8, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 240 × 27,695 km orbit inclined 27.4°.
How many satellites did TDRS 8 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).