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SuccessTDRS 9 · Lockheed Martin
Launch time (NET)
Friday, Mar 8, 2002, 22:59 UTC
Launch window
Friday, Mar 8, 2002, 22:59 UTC – Friday, Mar 8, 2002, 22:59 UTC
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Rocket
Launch pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
TDRS 9
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO)
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.
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