Atlas IIA | TDRS 10
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.
Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. It was designed to launch payloads into low earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. Sixty-three launches of the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS models were carried out between 1991 and 2004; all sixty-three launches were successes, making the Atlas II the most reliable launch system in history.
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Mission Profile
TDRS 10 was a Atlas IIA mission operated by Lockheed Martin that lifted off from Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 5, 2002. The flight carried its payload on a communications mission to Geosynchronous Orbit. The launch was a success.