First New TDRS Satellite in Decade

February 04, 2013
Credit: Ben Cooper/AW&ST
The first of three advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) spacecraft, procured for $354 million each, is heading for checkout in a temporary geostationary slot after this Jan. 30 nighttime launch on an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 41. The Boeing-built TDRS-K...

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