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Atlas IIA
Launched 2002-03-08 22:59:01 UTCLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
11th
orbital launch attempt in 2002
Lockheed Martin
2nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 36A
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
228 d 15 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Launches
80
Successful
77
96%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
47.5m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
6,580kg
Liftoff thrust
2,479kN
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