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TDRS 11

Data Relay · NASA

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Part of NASA's third-generation TDRS constellation, TDRS-11 provides high-rate data relay across multiple frequency bands simultaneously. It supports ISS operations, provides backup relay capability for human spaceflight, and links Hubble Space Telescope, the Fermi Gamma-ray Observatory, and numerous other NASA science missions to their operations centers around the clock.

Its orbit

Orbit
Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
Altitude
22,234–22,250 mi (35,782–35,808 km)
Inclination
3.7°
One orbit
23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
NORAD ID
39070
Int’l designator
2013-004A
Launched
2013

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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