Astrotech Space Ops prepares TDRS for launch <\/p>\n
ABOVE VIDEO:The first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite was launched in 1983 on the Space Shuttle Challengerss first flight, STS-6. The Boeing-built Inertial Upper Stage that was to take the satellite from Challengers orbit to its ultimate geosynchronous orbit suffered a failure that caused it not to deliver the TDRS to the correct orbit. As a result, it was necessary to command the satellite to use its onboard rocket thrusters to move it into its correct orbit. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
(NASA) The next addition to NASAs Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) System has arrived in Florida to begin processing for its August launch. <\/p>\n
The TDRS-M satellite, secured in a shipping container, was delivered Friday aboard a cargo aircraft that touched down at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida, near the agencys Kennedy Space Center. <\/p>\n
The spacecraft then was transported to the Astrotech Space Operations facility to begin preparations for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. <\/p>\n
TDRS-M will expand the capabilities of NASAs Space Network to support space communication for an additional 15 years. <\/p>\n
The network consists of TDRS satellites that transmit data to and from ground stations on Earth for NASA missions and expendable launch vehicles. <\/p>\n
The next addition to NASAs Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) System has arrived in Florida to begin processing for its August launch. <\/p>\n
The Space Network allows scientists, engineers and control room staff to readily access data from missions like the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. <\/p>\n
Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems of El Segundo, California, built TDRS-M. NASAs Space Communications and Navigation Program, a part of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, is responsible for the TDRS network. <\/p>\n
Launch management of the Atlas V launch service for TDRS-M is the responsibility of the mission directorates Launch Services Program at Kennedy. <\/p>\n
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