{"id":82354,"date":"2012-10-08T20:22:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T12:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-plans-space-network-upgrade-for-goddard-space-flight-center\/"},"modified":"2012-10-08T20:22:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T12:22:12","slug":"nasa-plans-space-network-upgrade-for-goddard-space-flight-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-plans-space-network-upgrade-for-goddard-space-flight-center\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Plans Space Network Upgrade for Goddard Space Flight Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Satellite TODAY 10-08-12] <strong>NASA<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Goddard Space Flight Center <\/strong>is completing final testing and inspections on the agency\u2019s third-generation <strong>Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS)<\/strong>, where the first satellite, TDRS-K, is scheduled to be launched in December, NASA announced Oct. 8.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cOnce in orbit, the new satellite will become part of NASA\u2019s Space Network, which incorporates a fleet of TDRS spacecraft. Currently, seven first- and second-generation satellites are connected in real-time to a series of ground stations and data facilities,\u201d NASA said in a company statement. \u201cThis network provides the critical communications lifeline for NASA missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope and International Space Station.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The TDRS project, established by NASA in 1973, was created to provide constant communications to the agency\u2019s most critical missions in low Earth orbit, while also increasing the data rate of space-to-ground communication service. The first TDRS was launched in April 1983, and first generation spacecraft continued to be launched by NASA until 1995. NASA then added three second-generation TDRS between 2000 and 2002. In recognition of the aging fleet, NASA engineers are currently working to replenish the fleet with the new, third-generation of TDRS satellites.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; NASA plans to launch three, next generation satellites aiming to maintain the TDRS constellation\u2019s reliability and operational continuity: TDRS-K, TDRS-L scheduled to launch in 2013, and TDRS-M planned to launch in 2015.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Satellite TODAY 10-08-12] NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center is completing final testing and inspections on the agency\u2019s third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), where the first satellite, TDRS-K, is scheduled to be launched in December, NASA announced Oct. 8. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cOnce in orbit, the new satellite will become part of NASA\u2019s Space [&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":[],"class_list":["post-82354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82354"}],"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=82354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}