CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –- Enclosed in its payload fairing, NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K, , arrives at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41. The spacecraft will now be lifted into position atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Liftoff for the TDRS-K is planned for January 30, 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_ Glenn Bension
Photographer NASA_ Glenn Bension
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