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Atlas IIA | TDRS 9

March 8, 2002 at 10:59 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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March 8, 2002 at 10:59 PM UTC

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Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4706, -80.5422

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Atlas IIA
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Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Atlas IIA

Atlas · IIA

Height

47.54 m

Diameter

3.04 m

LEO capacity

6,580 kg

Successful launches

23

Launch complex

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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