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TDRS-3

TDRS-3 is part of NASA's relay network that lets spacecraft send data without waiting for direct ground-station passes. The TDRS system became critical infrastructure for human spaceflight and science missions.

Technical specifications

3D model is aproximate

CATEGORY

Communications

TYPE

Geo Dish

COUNTRY

United States

OPERATOR

NASA

LAUNCH DATE

Sep 29, 1988

LAUNCH SITE

Cape Canaveral

ORBIT CLASS

GEO

ALTITUDE · KM

35,786

ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN

1,436.07

INCLINATION · DEG

12.6

APOGEE · KM

35,948

PERIGEE · KM

35,624

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