KSC-2012-6539
TITUSVILLE, Fla. - A truck transporting the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K, arrives at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Launch of the TDRS-K on the Atlas V rocket is planned for January 29, 2013. 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/Kim Shiflett
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KSC-2012-6539
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December 19, 2012
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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