{"id":14434,"date":"2017-08-09T19:27:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T11:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/av-074-tdrs-m-launch-fact-sheet\/"},"modified":"2017-08-09T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T11:27:04","slug":"av-074-tdrs-m-launch-fact-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/av-074-tdrs-m-launch-fact-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"AV-074\/TDRS-M launch fact sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Payload:               TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITE-M\n                       NASA geosynchronous communications satellite\n\t\t       Relays data from ISS, Hubble and LEO customers\n\t\t       Cost: $408 million satellite + $132m launch service\n\nLaunch Date:           Friday, Aug. 18, 2017\n\nLaunch Window:         40 minutes\n                       8:03-8:43 a.m. EDT\n                       1203-1243 GMT\n\nLaunch Site:           Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida\n                       Space Launch Complex 41\n\nCustomer:              NASA\n\t\t       Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center\n\t\t       TDRSS Project, Goddard Space Flight Center\n\nLaunch Services\nProvider:              United Launch Alliance, Centennial, Colorado\n\nLaunch Vehicle:        Atlas 5 designated AV-074\n\t\t       401 configuration\n                       Weight at liftoff: 745,000 pounds\n                       Height: 191 feet (58 m)\n\n                       Common Core Booster with RD-180 engine\n\t\t       73,800 gallons RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen\n\t\t       Thrust: 860,300 pounds\n\n                       Centaur upper stage with RL10C-1 engine\n\t\t       16,450 gallons liquid hydrogen and oxygen\n\t\t       Thrust: 23,300 pounds\n\n\t\t       Extended Payload Fairing \n\t\t       14-foot-dia., 42-foot-tall aluminum shroud\n\nConstruction:          Atlas stage and Centaur upper stage built by \n\t\t       United Launch Alliance in Decatur, Alabama\n\t\t       Fairing manufactured by ULA in Harlingen, Texas\n\t\t       RD-180 from NPO Energomash, Khimki, Russia\n\t\t       RL10C-1 from Aerojet Rocketdyne, West Palm \n\t\t\t      Beach, Florida\n\n\nSatellite Builder: \tBoeing Space and Missile Systems unit within\n\t\t\t       Defense, Space &amp; Security (BDS) division\n\t\t        Manufactured at Boeing's Satellite Development \n\t\t\t       Center, El Segundo, California\n\n\nSatellite Use:          The TDRS-M satellite provides follow-on and \n\t\t\t\treplacement capacity to maintain and \n\t\t\t\texpand NASA's Space Network that supplies\n\t\t\t\tnear-continuous high bandwidth (S-, Ku- \n\t\t\t\tand Ka-band) telecommunications services \n\t\t\t\tfor data-relay and tracking low-Earth \n\t\t\t\torbiting user spacecraft and launch \n\t\t\t\tvehicles, including the Hubble Space \n\t\t\t\tTelescope, the International Space Station\n\t\t\t\tand NASA's science observatories.\n\n\nSatellite Statistics:  Model: Boeing 601HP\n\t\t       Tri-frequency communications: S-, Ku-, Ka-band\n                       Launch mass: approx. 7,610 pounds (3,452 kg)\n                       Height: 27 feet in launch configuration\n\t\t       Wingspan: Solar arrays 69 feet tip-to-tip\n\t\t       Antennas: Two 15-foot-diameter steerable, flexible\n                                graphite composite mesh Single Access\n                                reflectors and one 7-foot-diameter \n                                Space-to-Ground Link\n\t\t       Propulsion: R-4D 100-pound-thrust main engine\n\t\t       Mission life: 15 years\n\t\t       Orbital test slot: 150 degrees West\n\t\t       Operational orbital slot: <i>likely<\/i> above Atlantic\n\n\nHistory: \t\tThe TDRS Project was established in 1973 and is \n\t\t\t\tresponsible for the development, launch \n\t\t\t\tand on-orbit test and calibration of TDRS \n\t\t\t\tspacecraft.\n\n\t\t\tThere have been four procurements of TDRS \n\t\t\t\tspacecraft, which include the Basic \n\t\t\t\tProgram (TDRS-F1-F6), the Replacement \n\t\t\t\tProgram (TDRS-F7), the TDRS-H, I, J \n\t\t\t\tProgram, and the TDRS-K, L, M Program.\n\n\t\t\tThe first seven spacecraft (TDRS-F1-F7) are\n\t\t\t\treferred to as the First Generation, the \n\t\t\t\tH, I, J series as the Second Generation, \n\t\t\t\tand the K, L, M series the Third \n\t\t\t\tGeneration.\n\n\t\t\tTDRS-F1-F7 spacecraft were built by TRW (now \n\t\t\t\tNorthrop Grumman) in Redondo Beach, \n\t\t\t\tCalifornia. Hughes (now Boeing) in El \n\t\t\t\tSegundo, California built all of the \n\t\t\t\tsubsequent spacecraft.\n\n\t\t\tThe contract to build the next generation of \n\t\t\t\tTDRS spacecraft, known as TDRS-K and L, \n\t\t\t\twas awarded to Boeing Space Systems in \n\t\t\t\tDecember 2007. An option to the contract \n\t\t\t\twas exercised in November 2011, adding the \n\t\t\t\tdevelopment of TDRS-M.\n\nTDRS-A\t Challenger  \u2022  STS-6\nLaunch date: April 4, 1983\nRetired in 2010, boosted to super-synchronous orbit.\n\nTDRS-B\t Challenger  \u2022  STS-51L\nLaunch date: January 28, 1986\nDestroyed in launch failure.\n\nTDRS-C\t Discovery  \u2022  STS-26\nLaunch date: September 29, 1988\nLocated at 64 degrees West longitude over the Atlantic Ocean region.\n\nTDRS-D\t Discovery  \u2022  STS-29\nLaunch date: March 13, 1989\nRetired in 2011, boosted to super-synchronous orbit.\n\nTDRS-E\t Atlantis  \u2022  STS-43\nLaunch date: August 2, 1991\nLocated at 167 degrees West longitude over the Pacific Ocean region.\n\nTDRS-F\t Endeavour  \u2022  STS-54\nLaunch date: January 13, 1993\nLocated at 47 degrees West longitude over the Atlantic Ocean region.\n\nTDRS-G\t Discovery  \u2022  STS-70\nLaunch date: July 13, 1995\nLocated at 84 degrees East longitude over the Indian Ocean region.\n\nTDRS-H\t Atlas 2A  \u2022  AC-139\nLaunch date: June 30, 2000\nLocated at 90 degrees East longitude over the Indian Ocean region.\n\nTDRS-I\t Atlas 2A  \u2022  AC-143\nLaunch date: March 8, 2002\nLocated at 12 degrees West longitude over the Atlantic Ocean region.\n\nTDRS-J\t Atlas 2A  \u2022  AC-144\nLaunch date: Dec. 4, 2002\nLocated at 174 degrees West longitude over the Pacific Ocean region.\n\nTDRS-K\t Atlas 5  \u2022  AV-036\nLaunch date: Jan. 30, 2013\nLocated at 171 degrees West longitude over the Pacific Ocean region.\n\nTDRS-L\t Atlas 5  \u2022  AV-043\nLaunch date: Jan. 23, 2014\nLocated at 41 degrees West longitude over the Atlantic Ocean region.\n\n\nMission Profile:       The Atlas 5 will place TDRS-M into space using\n\t\t\t\ta high-perigee geosynchronous transfer \n\t\t\t\torbit mission design. This launch will use \n\t\t\t\ta parking orbit ascent trajectory with two \n\t\t\t\tCentaur burn phases. The satellite's own \n\t\t\t\tattitude and orbital control system will \n\t\t\t\tperform a series of burns to raise perigee \n\t\t\t\tto geosynchronous altitude for orbit \n\t\t\t\tcircularization and reduce inclination.\n\n\n* Sequence of events *\n\nT-0:00:02.7...RD-180 engine ignition\nT+0:00:01.1...Liftoff\nT+0:00:17.7...Begin pitch\/yaw maneuver\nT+0:01:20.0...Mach 1\nT+0:01:31.8...Maximum dynamic pressure\nT+0:04:02.2...Atlas booster engine cutoff (BECO)\nT+0:04:08.2...Atlas\/Centaur separation\nT+0:04:18.2...Centaur first main engine start (MES 1)\nT+0:04:26.2...Payload fairing jettison\nT+0:17:57.7...Centaur first main engine cutoff (MECO 1)\nT+1:48:03.7...Centaur second main engine start (MES 2)\nT+1:49:00.1...Centaur second main engine cutoff (MECO 2)\nT+1:53:46.1...TDRS-M separation\n\nSeparation parameters:  Apogee altitude:   22,237 statute miles\n\t\t\tPerigee altitude:  2,883 statute miles\n                        Inclination:       26.2 degrees\n\n\n* Launch statistics *\n\n- The 654th launch for Atlas program since 1957\n- The 358th Atlas launch from Cape Canaveral\n- The 243rd mission of a Centaur upper stage\n- The 220th use of Centaur by an Atlas rocket\n- The 481st production RL10 engine to be launched\n- The 20th RL10C-1 engine launched\n- The 78th flight of an RD-180 main engine\n- The 72nd launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002\n- The 15th NASA use of Atlas 5\n- The 59th launch of an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral\n- The 4th Atlas 5 launch of 2017\n- The 107th Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle flight\n- The 120th United Launch Alliance flight overall\n- The 64th Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance\n- The 87th United Launch Alliance flight from Cape Canaveral\n- The 28th NASA launch by United Launch Alliance\n- The 50th 400-series flight of the Atlas 5\n- The 37th Atlas 5 to fly in the 401 configuration\n- The 86th launch from Complex 41\n- The 59th Atlas 5 to use Complex 41\n- The 13th TDRS spacecraft to launch\n- The 6th TDRS to launch on Atlas\n- The 6th Boeing-built TDRS\n\n\t\t\t* GENERAL PUBLIC VIEWING *\n\nAn optimal spot for the general public to view the morning launch will be Playalinda Beach, located just north of Complex 41 along the Canaveral National Seashore and accessed from Titusville via State Highway 402.\n\nWalking down the beach to the barrier fence line will put you just 4.8 miles away from the rocket at takeoff.\n\nThe park charges a small fee per car to enter.\n\nThe Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex also offers viewing options, but those require the standard admission fee plus a launch access pass, per person.\n\n\nMore Information:       Spaceflight Now's live countdown journal and \n\t\t\t\tlaunch webcast will be available on \n\t\t\t\tspaceflightnow.com\n\nTwitter Feeds: \ntwitter.com\/SpaceflightNow\ntwitter.com\/NASA\ntwitter.com\/NASA_TDRS\ntwitter.com\/NASA_LSP\ntwitter.com\/torybruno\ntwitter.com\/ULAlaunch\ntwitter.com\/BoeingDefense\ntwitter.com\/AerojetRdyne\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Payload: TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITE-M NASA geosynchronous communications satellite Relays data from ISS, Hubble and LEO customers Cost: $408 million satellite + $132m launch service Launch Date: Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 Launch Window: 40 minutes 8:03-8:43 a.m. EDT 1203-1243 GMT Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Space Launch Complex 41 Customer: NASA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[724,3199,670,190,3201,750],"class_list":["post-14434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-074","tag-boeing","tag-nasa","tag-tdrs-m","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}