Tag: TDRS
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China lofts new Tianlian-2 data relay satellite from Xichang
China has successfully launched the third satellite of their Tianlian 2 series of data and relay satellites. Liftoff occurred from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in inner China at 16:30 UTC on July 12, 2022, utilizing a Chang Zheng 3B/E (CZ-3B/E) rocket. Tianlian, translated as “sky chain,” is the name of the Chinese data relay…
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ULA Atlas V launches TDRS-M out of Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched a new satellite for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) on Friday, with an Atlas V carrying the TDRS-M satellite into orbit. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral was late in a 40-minute window, with liftoff occurring at 08:29 local time (12:29 UTC).…
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ULA Atlas V launches TDRS-M out of Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched a new satellite for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) on Friday, with an Atlas V carrying the TDRS-M satellite into orbit. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral was late in a 40-minute window, with liftoff occurring at 08:29 local time (12:29 UTC).…
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TDRS-M given priority over CRS-12 Dragon as launch dates realign
Launch delays are sometimes part of the equation in determining when specific missions launch in relation to each other. Sometimes, those delays occur to missions for the same agency, as is now the case with TDRS-M and CRS-12. With replacement operations to the TDRS-M omni antenna underway, NASA/United Launch Alliance at first requested 10 August…
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NASA’s next-generation TDRS-M satellite damaged, potentially pushing back launch
A damaged antenna could mean a delay for the launch of NASA’s TDRS-M satellite, shown here at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla. (NASA Photo / Glenn Benson) Houston, we may have a problem, and it could come from an antenna that was damaged on Friday during spaceflight closeout activities in Titusville, Fla. The Boeing-made…
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ULA’s Atlas 5 wins contract to launch NASA data relay satellite
File photo of an Atlas 5 launch with the TDRS L satellite in 2014. Credit: ULA The last of NASA’s current-generation tracking and data relay satellites designed to link mission control with the International Space Station has been assigned for launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in October 2017, officials announced Friday.…
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ULA opens 2014 campaign with Atlas V launch of TDRS-L
United Launch Alliance successfully conducted their first mission of 2014 Thursday evening, with an Atlas V deploying NASA’s latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-L. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral occurred at 21:33 local time (02:33 UTC Friday) mid way through the 40 minute launch window. Atlas V/TDRS-L Mission: The twelfth spacecraft in NASA’s Tracking and…
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ULA Altas V successfully launches with TDRS-K
NASA’s latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite was carried into orbit atop an Atlas V rocket Wednesday night. The launch of TDRS-K, the eleventh satellite in NASA’s TDRS programme, occured at the start of a 40-minute window at 01:48 UTC Thursday morning (20:48 EST on Wednesday). Atlas V/TDRS-K Launch: The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite…
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ULA Atlas V duo preparing for key NASA launches
Two United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rockets are preparing to launch on opposite coastlines of the United States just days apart. On the east coast, an Atlas V is scheduled to launch NASA’s TDRS-K satellite on January 30, while on the west coast another Atlas V is preparing for the February 11 launch of…