Payload
TDRS 3
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 19548
TDRS 3 is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) payload satellite, launched on September 29, 1988 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 29, 1988 at 03:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Space Shuttle →
- Operator
- Lockheed Space Operations Company
- Mission
- STS-26
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,948 km
- Periapsis
- 35,624 km
- Inclination
- 12.61°
- Orbital period
- 1436.05 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Manufacturer
- TRW Defense and Space Systems Group
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,247.77 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,600 kg
- Power
- 1,800 W
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Dimensions
- Ø2.4 × 1.3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1988-091B
- NORAD catalog №
- 19548
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 38.9782 m²
- Status
- Operational
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