TDRS 9 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
8 Mar 2002, 10:59pm
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
TDRS 9
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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