TDRS-3
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TDRS-3, known before launch as TDRS-C, is a first-generation American communications satellite, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. It was constructed by TRW and is based on a custom satellite bus, which was used for all seven first-generation TDRS satellites.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
- Country
- United States
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- TDRS-4
- Follows
- TDRS-1
- Mass
- 2224.9
- Manufacturer
- TRW Inc.
- Image
- TDRS-C.jpg
- Width
- 14.2
- Length
- 17.3
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1988-09-29
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- Commons category
- TDRS-C
- space launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
- type of orbit
- geosynchronous orbit
- nominal power output
- 1700
- space tug
- Inertial Upper Stage
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- References
TDRS-3, known before launch as TDRS-C, is a first-generation American communications satellite, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. It was constructed by TRW and is based on a custom satellite bus, which was used for all seven first-generation TDRS satellites.
==Launch== left|thumb|upright=.6|The launch of STS-26, carrying TDRS-C
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