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Atlas IIA | TDRS 10

TDRS 10

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 5 Dec 2002, 02:42 am UTC

Rocket: Atlas IIA (Atlas)

Provider: Lockheed Martin

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geosynchronous Orbit

Pad: Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

The third and final Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite satellite separated from the Centaur upper stage 30 minutes after launch. This completed the $800 million, three satellite contract.