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NASA satellite to bring high-speed data to Hubble, ISS |
January 24, 2014
NASA’s newest Tracking and Data Relay (TDRS) satellite, which will provide high data-rate communications to space craft, went into orbit Thursday night.TDRS-L (say: Tee-Driss) is the second satellite in a trio that will connect the International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope and other satellites with NASA control centers on the ground. To date, 11 TDRS satellites have been put into orbit and eight remain operational. TDRS-L joins TDRS-K, an identical satellite that launched last year. The last of the trio, TDRS-M, is slated to go into orbit in 2015.To see the rocket carrying TDRS-L lift off, watch a video on YouTube.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2091220/nasa-satellite-to-bring-highspeed-data-to-hubble-iss.html#tk.rss_all
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