File:TDRS-L on launch pad.jpg

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DescriptionTDRS-L on launch pad.jpg	At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V with NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or TDRS-L, spacecraft atop, arrives at the launch pad. The TDRS-L spacecraft is the second of three new satellites designed to ensure vital operational continuity for NASA by expanding the lifespan of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System TDRSS fleet, which consists of eight satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The spacecraft provide tracking, telemetry, command and high bandwidth data return services for numerous science and human exploration missions orbiting Earth. These include NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station. TDRS-L has a high-performance solar panel designed for more spacecraft power to meet the growing S-band communications requirements. TDRSS is one of NASA Space Communication and Navigation’s SCaN three networks providing space communications to NASA’s missions.
Date	22 January 2014
Source	https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-2014-1152 http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=67644 on the Wayback Machine at the Wayback Machine http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/images/large/2014-1152.jpg on the Wayback Machine at the Wayback Machine
Author	NASA/Daniel Casper

Camera location	28° 35′ 00″ N, 80° 34′ 59″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	28.583333; -80.583056

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