Space Atlas

TDRS 5

NORAD 21639 · Payload · In orbit since 1991

Launched

1991-08-02 · Cape Canaveral / Kennedy, USA

Country / operator

US (United States)

Object type

Payload

Purpose

Communications

Mass

2,534 kg

Size

1.3 × 2.4 m · 17.4 m deployed

Orbit class

GEO (geosynchronous)

Perigee × Apogee

35,754 × 35,815 km

Inclination

14.1°

Period

1435.6 min

Eccentricity

0.0007

Orbit data

Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).