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Atlas 5 Rocket Streak and VAB: TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/Tony Gray
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, streaks past the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after launching from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:48 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2013.
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ULA Atlas 5 Rocket Launches TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 8:48 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2013, with NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-K) payload. This was the first of 13 ULA launches scheduled for 2013, the 35th Atlas 5 mission, and the 67th ULA launch.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Streak and Lighthouse: TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/Rick Wetherington
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 rocket carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, streaks past the lighthouse on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida after launching from Space Launch Complex 41 at 8:48 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2013, in this long-exposure view.
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ULA Atlas 5 Rocket Launches TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 8:48 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2013, with NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-K) payload. This was the first of 13 ULA launches scheduled for 2013, the 35th Atlas 5 mission, and the 67th ULA launch.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Streaks Into Space with TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 rocket streaks away from Space Launch Complex 41 into the night sky over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, to orbit. Launch was at 8:48 p.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2013, in this long-exposure image.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Launches NASA's TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/George Roberts
Plumes of exhaust and smoke form around a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 rocket at 8:48 p.m. EST as it lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, to orbit on Jan. 30, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Launches NASA's TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rises above the lightning masts on Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, to orbit on the night of Jan. 30, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Launches NASA's TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: NASA/Scott Neener and Cory Huston
NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, lights up the night sky as it begins its journey to orbit atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket at 8:48 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Jan. 30, 2013.
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NASA's TDRS-K Satellite Blasts Off
Credit: NASA TV
An Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA's TDRS-K next-generation satellite launches from a pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:48 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, 2013.
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NASA Launches TDRS-K Communications Satellite
Credit: NASA TV
An Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA's TDRS-K next-generation satellite soars toward space from a pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:48 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, 2013.
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NASA Launches TDRS-K Communications Satellite
Credit: NASA TV
An Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA's TDRS-K next-generation satellite streaks spaceward from a pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:48 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, 2013.
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NASA Launches TDRS-K Communications Satellite
Credit: NASA TV
An Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA's TDRS-K next-generation satellite streaks spaceward from a pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:48 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket at Cape Canaveral
Credit: NASA TV
The Atlas 5 rocket is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida tonight (Jan. 30).
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TDRS-K Set to Launch
Credit: NASA TV
The 11th Tracking Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS-K) is set to launch tonight (Jan. 30).
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TDRS-K Set to Launch
Credit: NASA TV
The 11th Tracking Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS-K) and the Atlas 5 rocket that will take it to space at one hour until launch.
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Mission Control during TDRS-K Launch
Credit: NASA TV
NASA's mission control room is full in anticipation of the TDRS-K launch tonight (Jan. 30).
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Atlas 5 Moving the TDRS-K Satellite
Credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance
NASA established the TDRS project in 1973 to provide around-the-clock and around-the-Earth communications for the network that routes voice calls, telemetry streams and television signals from the International Space Station, as well as other orbiting spacecraft.
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NASA's TDRS-K Communications Satellite Explained (Infographic)
Credit: R. Toro/SPACE.com
See how NASA's TDRS-K satellite works with the agency's Tracking and Data Relay Satellites constellation to provide continuous contact with spacecraft orbiting Earth in this SPACE.com Infographic.
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Credit: NASA / GSFC
NASA Readies Addition To Fleet Of Communication Satellites
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Credit: NASA
NASA Preparing To Launch New Communication Satellite
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Boeing Tech Checks Out TDRS-K Spacecraft
Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
In the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a Boeing technician checks out the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K. This image was released Jan. 11, 2013.
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Artist Concept of the TDRS-K Spacecraft
Credit: The Boeing Co.
An artist concept of the TDRS-K spacecraft in orbit with its assortment of antennas and a pair of solar arrays to provide electricity.
