TDRS

NORAD 27566 · COSPAR 2002-055A · INACTIVE

Orbit: #8373 @ 36126 x 36248 km x 9.5906 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2025-10-11 02:07 UTC Â· 8742.2 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

TDRS 10
1 27566U 02055A 25284.08887546 .00000039 00000+0 00000+0 0 9995
2 27566 9.5906 44.8615 0014254 223.9447 28.1369 0.98860429 83738

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

December 4th 2002

Spacecraft age

23 years, 10 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

GEO

Launch site

Cape Canaveral

Launch vehicle

Atlas 2A

Contractor

Boeing Satellite Systems

Launch mass

3,180 kg

Power

2,300 (EOL) W

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

9.5906Â°

Period

1456.6 min

Perigee

36126 km

Apogee

36248 km

Eccentricity

0.0014254

RAAN

44.8615Â°

Arg of Perigee

223.9447Â°

Mean Motion

0.98860429 rev/d