TDRS-11
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TDRS-11, known before launch as TDRS-K, is an American communications satellite which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. The eleventh Tracking and Data Relay Satellite is the first third-generation spacecraft.
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- Instance of
- Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
- Country
- United States
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- TDRS-12
- Mass
- 3454
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Development Center
- Image
- TDRS-K satellite before launch.jpg
- Width
- 13.1
- Length
- 21.0
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41
- Commons category
- TDRS-K
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2013-01-31
- type of orbit
- geosynchronous orbit
- nominal power output
- 2200
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TDRS-11, known before launch as TDRS-K, is an American communications satellite which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. The eleventh Tracking and Data Relay Satellite is the first third-generation spacecraft.
TDRS-11 was constructed by Boeing, and is based on the BSS-601HP satellite bus. Fully fuelled, it has a mass of , and is expected to operate for 15 years. It carries two steerable antennas capable of providing S, Ku and Ka band communications for other spacecraft, plus an array of additional S-band transponders to allow communications at a lower data rate with greater numbers of spacecraft.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TDRS-11” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.