Payload
TDRS 1
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
TDRS 1 is a United States payload satellite, launched on April 4, 1983 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 4, 1983 at 06:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Space Shuttle →
- Operator
- Rockwell International
- Mission
- STS-6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,302 km
- Periapsis
- 36,138 km
- Inclination
- 8.68°
- Orbital period
- 1458.29 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,247.77 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1983-026B
- NORAD catalog №
- 13969
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 22.1577 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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