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United Launch AllianceAtlas V 401Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TDRS-L
Launched
January 24, 2014
Summary
TDRS-L launched on an United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 24, 2014. It was United Launch Alliance's 79th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,353rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 20th Atlas V 401 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). TDRS 12, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 4,847 × 35,795 km orbit inclined 25.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Liftoff of TDRS-LNASA's Kennedy Space Center
- Vehicle
- Atlas V 401 · United Launch Alliance
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 20th Atlas V 401 flight · 1st this yearUnited Launch Alliance's 79th launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,353rd orbital launch attempt4th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
TDRS 12 · NORAD 39504 · 2014-004 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2014-004A
- Epoch
- 2014-01-24 08:52:30 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.99085976 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.5797302
- Inclination
- 25.4608°
- Ascending node
- 341.9509°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.1556°
- Mean anomaly
- 179.723°
- 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: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- TDRS 12 · NORAD 39504 · in orbit
Centaur AV-043 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
TDRS-L is an American communications satellite which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, which provides a multitude of communications services to a wide variety of missions.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
63rd launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 1st this year · 705th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
66 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did TDRS-L launch?
TDRS-L launched on January 24, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TDRS-L?
Coverage: Liftoff of TDRS-L. Watch the replay
What rocket launched TDRS-L?
Atlas V 401, flown by United Launch Alliance. Atlas V 401 spec sheet
Where did TDRS-L launch from?
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did TDRS-L reach?
TDRS 12, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 4,847 × 35,795 km orbit inclined 25.5°.
How many satellites did TDRS-L launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).