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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A rumble is heard across the Space Coast as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:48 p.m. EST, carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, to orbit. The TDRS-K spacecraft is part of the next-generation series in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a constellation of space-based communication satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. For more information, visit http:__www.nasa.gov_mission_pages_tdrs_index.html. Photo credit: NASA_Glenn Benson
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January 30, 2013
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NASA_Glenn Benson
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