{"id":18874,"date":"2017-07-17T20:51:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasas-next-generation-tdrs-m-satellite-damaged-potentially-pushing-back-launch\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T20:51:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:51:59","slug":"nasas-next-generation-tdrs-m-satellite-damaged-potentially-pushing-back-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasas-next-generation-tdrs-m-satellite-damaged-potentially-pushing-back-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s next-generation TDRS-M satellite damaged, potentially pushing back launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_349243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349243\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-349243\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/download-630x945.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/download-630x945.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/download-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/download-840x1260.jpeg 840w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/download.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-349243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A damaged antenna could mean a delay for the launch of NASA\u2019s TDRS-M satellite, shown here at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla. (NASA Photo \/ Glenn Benson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Boeing-made TDRS-M satellite is supposed to launch Aug. 3 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, but it\u2019s not yet clear whether the satellite will make that launch window. There was no word on the precise nature of the antenna damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mission team is currently assessing flight acceptance and schedule,\u201d NASA said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n<p>NASA aims to add TDRS-M to the Tracking Data Relay Satellite System that handles communications with the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and dozens of other spacecraft in Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"NASA | TDRS: Communicating Critical Data\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6EAOU2msE7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A damaged antenna could mean a delay for the launch of NASA\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[670,190,3914,5364,750],"class_list":["post-18874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-boeing","tag-nasa","tag-tdrs","tag-tracking-and-data-relay-satellite","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}