ULA Atlas V 401 TDRS-K

Name: ULA Atlas V 401 TDRS-K
Start: 2013-01-31T01:48:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 41

Atlas V 401

Status

Success

Date

31 JAN 2013

01:48

Launch Provider

United Launch Alliance

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

TDRS-11, known before launch as TDRS-K, 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.

Rocket

Atlas V 401

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.

Height

58.3 m

Diameter

3.8 m

Launch Mass

590 T

Thrust

3,827 kN