Showing posts with label SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 41. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 41. Show all posts

Sunday, February 3, 2013

THE TDRS-K LEAVES PLANET EARTH



FROM: NASA
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Launches

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 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.

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. Photo credit-NASA-Glenn Benson

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