Folded , NASA ’s TDRS - K spacecraft look like a Zentradi - ish ship quick to launch . In reality , it ’s a vital space communications relay statin quick to be inserted in a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 , which will launch by the end of the month .
It ’s critical because it will provide with high bandwidth communications between NASA ’s space vehicle fleet and undercoat stations , as their current satellites are starting to show their age . According to Diana Calero , mission manager for NASA ’s Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center , “ it has some higher bandwidth capableness . We have some aging satellites , so we need new ballistic capsule to go in there and help oneself carry more of the data . ”
From its geosynchronous orbit , TDRS - K will funnel datum from NASA ’s world - revolve science satellite , the Hubble and the International Space Station . [ NASA ]
This is how TDRS - K will look deployed .
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