TDRS-11 (TDRS-K) - Atlas V 401 - Canaveral - 31.01.2013 01:48 UTC

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TDRS K, L, M


TDRS K [Boeing BSS]

NASA sel ected Boeing in December 2007 to built the next generation of TDRS (Tracking & Data Relay Satellite) data relay satellites. The TDRS-K satellite will be ready for launch in 2012, and TDRS-L will be ready for launch in 2013.

This contract includes the design and manufacturing of the TDRS-K series satellites as well as upgrades to NASA's TDRS system ground terminals.

The satellites incorporate a modern design based on flight-proven performance. The three previous TDRS satellites were based on Boeing 702-class electronics, which are still the standard for the newest spacecraft Boeing is building today. Additionally, Boeing has modernized the technologies in the payload, power and propulsion subsystems to current state-of-the-art technologies being used in other Boeing-built spacecraft.

A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. These steerable, single-access antennas can simultaneously transmit and receive at S-band and either Ku- or Ka-band, supporting dual independent two-way communication. The selection of Ku- or Ka-band communications is done on the ground.

In addition, an S-band phased array antenna can receive signals fr om several spacecraft at once, while transmitting to one.

Two more satellites are currently planned. The option for the third satellite, TDRS-M, was exercised in November 2011.

Nation: USA
Type / Application: Communication
Operator: NASA
Contractors: Boeing
Equipment: ?
Configuration: BSS-601HP
Propulsion: R-4D-11-300
Power: 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass:
Orbit: GEO

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TDRS K/L Single Access Antenna; Credit: Boeing



TDRS K/L Single Access Antenna; Credit: Boeing

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Countdown to TDRS-K Launch: December 6, 2012

The TDRS Project is building three space communications satellites that are part of a follow-on spacecraft fleet that will replenish NASA's Space Network. The TDRS Project Office at Goddard Space Flight Center manages the TDRS development effort. TDRS is the responsibility of the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) office within the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. Operations of the network is the responsibility of the Space Network Project at Goddard.

In December 2007, NASA signed a contract for Boeing Space Systems to build two, third generation TDRS spacecraft for launch in 2012 and 2013. An option for a third TDRS spacecraft was executed in 2011. Within the contract were the required modifications that will enable the White Sands Complex ground system to support the new spacecraft.

The December 2012 launch of TDRS-K will begin the replenishment of the fleet through the development and deployment of the next generation spacecraft. These satellites will ensure NASA's Space Network continues to provide around-the-clock, high throughput communications services to NASA's missions and serving the scientific community and human spaceflight program for years to come.

http://tdrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/

А тут до 6 декабря дни считают  

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http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html

Date: Dec. 13*
Mission: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K (TDRS-K)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41
Launch Window: 11:57 p.m. - 12:37 a.m. EST
Description: The TDRS-K spacecraft is part of the next-generation series in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a constellation of space-based communication satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services.

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Уже 18 января 2013.

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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/rss_feed_collex_archive_1.html

An-124 Bringing Atlas V to TDRS-K Launch Site
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:01:38 PM GMT+0200

The first stage booster of the Atlas V that is to launch the TDRS-K satellite into orbit is to arrive later today at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Arriving from the United Launch Alliance manufacturing plant in Decatur, Ala., the Atlas V stage is flying aboard a Ukrainian Antonov-124 transport aircraft, one of the largest airplanes in the world. It will be taken on Tuesday to the hangar at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center at Cape Canaveral. Launch of the TDRS-K Tracking and Data Relay Satellite on the Atlas V rocket is planned for January 2013 from Space Launch Complex 41.

Atlas V First Stage Arrives on Transport Plane
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:27:57 PM GMT+0200

A Ukrainian Antonov-124 transport aircraft arrived Monday afternoon at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the first stage of the Atlas V rocket that will carry the TDRS-K satellite into orbit. The booster stage, arriving from the United Launch Alliance manufacturing plant in Decatur, Ala., will be taken on Tuesday to the hangar at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center at Cape Canaveral. Launch of the TDRS-K Tracking and Data Relay Satellite on the Atlas V rocket is planned for January 2013 from Space Launch Complex 41.

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не ранее 30 января - TDRS-K - Atlas V 401 - Канаверал SLC-41 - 05:52-06:32 ЛМВ

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av036/stacking.html

Stacking of Atlas 5 rocket begins for NASA launch
BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: January 3, 2013

Cape Canaveral's 2013 launch season began taking shape today as technicians started assembling the Atlas 5 rocket for the year's first Space Coast mission -- delivery of a NASA communications satellite into orbit on Jan. 29.

File image of Atlas first stage hoisting operations. Credit: NASA
 
The United Launch Alliance-made rocket will haul the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite K (TDRS K) to space to reinforce NASA's communications network that routes voice calls, telemetry streams and television signals fr om the International Space Station, as well as science information from the Hubble Space Telescope and other orbiting spacecraft.

Liftoff is targeted for Jan. 29 during a 40-minute launch window opening at 8:52 p.m. EST (0152 GMT) from the Cape's Complex 41.

Putting the two-stage rocket together got underway this morning as ULA workers brought the bronze-colored first stage to the Vertical Integration Facility for stacking operations.

By late morning, the booster was secured aboard its mobile launcher, anchored on small supports that protrude from the platform. At liftoff, explosive bolts free the rocket and those supports will retract into the platform walls as the vehicle powers its way off the pad on 860,000 pounds of thrust.

Known as the Common Core Booster, the stage was pulled by a semi-truck up the road from the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center high bay to the 30-story VIF building wh ere workers attached lifting cranes. The 106.6-foot-long stage was rotated vertical, then maneuvered into the building and stood upright on the mobile platform.

The stage is equipped with a dual-nozzle RD-180 main engine that will burn kerosene fuel and supercold liquid oxygen during the initial minutes of flight.

Upcoming will be installation of the interstage adapter that tappers the 12.5-foot diameter first stage to the 10-foot-wide Centaur upper stage.

The cryogenic upper stage will be hoisted atop the interstage tomorrow to complete the basic buildup of the Atlas 5.

Centaur's single RL10 engine, fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, will perform the necessary burns to achieve orbital velocity and then shape the orbit for deployment of TDRS K.

The stage is 41.5 feet in length and also houses the navigation unit that serves as the rocket's guidance brain.

The rocket is known as the 401 configuration of the multi-varient Atlas 5 family, which is tailored with strap-on solid boosters and different sized nose cones to match the cargo's mass and size.

For TDRS K, however, the plain two-stage launcher with no solids will provide ample performance to carry the Boeing-built satellite to orbit.

The spacecraft arrived from the Boeing factory on Dec. 18 and has since undergone preflight electrical testing at the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville. The loading of maneuvering fuel is scheduled for this weekend.

The satellite will be encapsulated in the rocket's nose cone on Jan. 15 in preparation for delivery to the VIF and mounting atop the Centaur on Jan. 17 to finish assembly of the 19-story-tall launcher.

ULA and its customers have opted to delete the countdown dress rehearsals for 401 vehicles at the Cape, condensing the prelaunch timelines for such rockets, except for planetary missions.

Rollout to the launch complex occurs the day before liftoff as the 1.4-million pound platform rides the rail tracks 1,800 feet from the VIF to the pad.

The seven-hour countdown begins at 1:52 p.m. EST on launch day, leading to cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fueling operations starting at 6:59 p.m. for a planned blastoff at 8:52 p.m. EST, as the launch window opens for the first Atlas launch of the year and the 35th overall since 2002.

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Techs Complete Fueling of TDRS-K Spacecraft
Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:12:36 PM GMT+0200

Technicians finished fueling the TDRS-K spacecraft today inside the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center as processing operations move ahead for a Jan. 29 launch of the satellite. The spacecraft will be connected to an Atlas V payload adapter next week before it is encapsulated inside a fairing or nosecone. The Atlas V rocket that will loft the satellite into an orbit 22,300 miles above Earth is also taking shape as launch day nears. The Centaur upper stage was placed atop the booster stage during the weekend. Workers are testing the United Launch Alliance rocket's various systems.

 
TDRS-K and Atlas V Preparations Continue Toward Jan. 29 Launch
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:52:29 PM GMT+0200

At the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center, prelaunch preparations continue to go well on NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-K). Charging of the spacecraft's battery has been completed and preparations to fuel the satellite with its attitude control propellant have begun. The fueling operation is scheduled to start Sunday and conclude Tuesday. Meanwhile, at Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Centaur upper stage was unable to be hoisted atop the Atlas V booster stage today due to weather. This activity has been rescheduled for Saturday, weather permitting.

 
Launch Preps Ongoing on Both Coasts
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:31:13 PM GMT+0200

Preparations are under way to begin the build-up of the Atlas V 401 rocket for NASA's TDRS-K At Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Atlas V booster stage will be hoisted into position in the Vertical Integration Facility near the pad Thursday and the Centaur upper stage will be hoisted atop the booster Friday. Meanwhile, at the Astrotech payload processing facility located near Kennedy Space Center, work to prepare TDRS-K for launch is going well. Electrical testing of the spacecraft is complete and fueling of the satellite is scheduled to occur this weekend. Liftoff is scheduled for Jan. 29 at 8:52 p.m. EST.

 
TDRS-K Satellite Arrives at Kennedy
Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:51:33 PM GMT+0200

NASA's newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, referred to as TDRS-K, arrived at 8:29 a.m. today at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a Jan. 29 launch to a location in geostationary orbit. TDRS-K flew aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 from the Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems assembly facility in El Segundo, Calif., for final preparation to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

 
Launch Team Notes Atlas V Ready for TDRS-K
Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:53:19 PM GMT+0200

The Launch Vehicle Readiness Review was held today at Kennedy Space Center for the Atlas V rocket launching NASA's TDRS-K Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. Prelaunch preparations have been cleared to proceed toward the first launch of 2013 which will occur from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 41. The TDRS-K spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at KSC for the start of processing on Dec. 18. The activities for stacking the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Launch Complex 41 are currently scheduled to begin on Jan. 3. The Eastern Range has now approved the Jan. 29 launch date. The liftoff is targeted for 8:52 p.m. at the opening of a 40-minute launch window.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av036/astrotech/

TDRS K spacecraft readied for launch

The first spacecraft in NASA's third generation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites has been tested and fueled in preparation for its trek to orbit Jan. 29. Reporters and photographers got to see the craft Friday in the cleanroom facilities at the Astrotech complex in Titusville, Florida.

Technicians will mount the satellite atop the short pedestal-like adapter mechanism on Monday. The two halves of the rocket's nose cone, emblazoned with the hand-painted TDRS K and NASA logos, will encapsulate the satellite on Wednesday and Thursday in a two-day operation.

After being loaded aboard a transporter, the payload will be hauled across the river to Complex 41 next Saturday, Jan. 19 for hoisting into the Vertical Integration Facility and mating to the Atlas 5 rocket.

A thorough test of the combined systems between the Atlas and TDRS will follow, then technicians will finish closing out compartments and buttoning up the vehicle for flight.

The Launch Readiness Review is planned for 6:30 a.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 28 to give final approval for rollout of the rocket later in the morning, at 10 a.m., to Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 pad.

Liftoff remains scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 8:52 p.m. EST.

See our Mission Status Center for the latest news on the launch.

Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now

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Centaur First Main Engine Cutoff

A successful first burn for the Centaur stage ended on time with engine cutoff. Centaur and TDRS-K are in a highly elliptical, 113-by-13,402-mile orbit for this one-hour, 22-minute coast phase. The coast phase ends with the final burn of the Centaur engine to deploy TDRS-K.

The TDRS-K spacecraft will be released from the Centaur into a transfer orbit; it will take another 10 days to reach its proper orbit. It will take another three months, approximately, to test and calibrate the spacecraft. Once it passes an acceptance review, it's ready to move to its preferred location.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdrs/launch/launch_blog.html

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Centaur Begins Second Burn
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:28:36 AM GMT+0400

The Centaur's RL10 engine is burning now in one final push to deliver TDRS-K to its place in orbit. This is a brief burn, scheduled to last just under a minute.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdrs/launch/launch_blog.html


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Liftoff for TDRS-K

An Atlas V rocket lights up the sky over Florida's Space Coast as it carries NASA's TDRS-K spacecraft to orbit.

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