TDRS 13

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TDRS 13 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 42915

Int'l Code: 2017-047A

Perigee: 35,737.3 km

Apogee: 35,850.1 km

Inclination: 4.7 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: August 18, 2017
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

TDRS 13 was built and launched to extend the useful life of NASA's constant communications infrastructure, supporting the astronauts around-the-clock aboard the International Space Station, supplying contact with the Hubble Space Telescope and transmitting the data from almost 40 science spacecraft studying Earth's environment and space. The TDRS network receives signals from vehicles like the space station flying at a mere 250 miles above Earth and routes the telemetry, voice, video and science information to a dedicated ground terminal for delivery to Houston. No matter where the space station is located at any given moment, TDRS has the outpost in sight for the two-way communications.

1 42915U 17047A   22017.08590993 -.00000081  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 42915   4.6935 332.2593 0013374 102.2766  61.2696  1.00271950 16214

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC