Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Prepared For Launch
Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or TDRS-L, spacecraft has been encapsulated
in its payload fairing. It is being lifted by crane for mounting on a
transporter for its trip to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station. The TDRS-L satellite will be a part of the second of three
next-generation spacecraft designed to ensure vital operational continuity for
the NASA Space Network. TDRS-L is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral's
Space Launch Complex 41 atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 9:05
p.m. EST on Jan. 23, 2014, the start of a 30-minute launch window.
The current Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system consists of eight
in-orbit satellites distributed to provide near continuous information relay
contact with orbiting spacecraft ranging from the International Space Station
and Hubble Space Telescope to the array of scientific observatories.
Image Credit: NASA/Kim
Shiflett
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