TDRS-M: Continuing the Critical Lifeline
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NASA's continuing this legacy by launching the next generation of satellites. With the addition of TDRS-M NASA is assuring the future of continuous space to ground communication.
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NASA is preparing to launch the next Tracking and Data Relay Satellite TDRS-M.
TDRS Communication Fleet in 360 Degrees
TDRS Communication Fleet in VR 360 Degrees
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David Littmann, TDRS Project Manager
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Badri Younes, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communication Navigation, (SCaN)
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Jeff Gramling, Former TDRS Project Manager
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Bruce LeRoy, TDRS Telecommunication Systems Engineer
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Robert Buchanan, TDRS Deputy Project Manager
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Thomas Williams, TDRS System Engineer
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Marlon Enciso, TDRS Spacecraft Integration and Test Manager
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TDRS-M B-Roll which consists of testing, shipping and rocket assembly. Along with animations showing launch and deployment of the TDRS satellite and the TDRS communications fleet.
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TDRS launch visualization.
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This visualization shows the TDRS spacecraft deployment.
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This visualization shows the TDRS Communication Fleet
hard at work relaying data from satellite to the ground.
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This visualization shows how data from satellites go
through the TDRS Communication Fleet to reach the ground.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Animators
- Kel Elkins (USRA) [Lead]
- Chris Meaney (KBRwyle)
- Walt Feimer (KBRwyle)
Video editor
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (KBRwyle)
Producer
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Narrator
- Heather LG Snodgrass (None)
Videographers
- John Caldwell (AIMM)
- Rob Andreoli (AIMM)
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Space Communications Live Interviews - Feb. 15, 2018
Feb. 7, 2018, 3 a.m.
Read moreB-roll for suggested questions 1-5. Next Generation of Space Exploration Starts at NASANew Straight out of Sci-Fi Laser Technology Will Advance Space CommunicationsWe’ve all been frustrated with spotty cell coverage. NASA faced a similar issue, in space. Fifty years ago, astronauts were only able to communicate with Earth about 15 percent of the time. Thanks to NASA’s advances in space communications, every word and heartbeat from astronauts circling 250 miles above Earth aboard the International Space Station comes down to Mission Control in near real-time. NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) bring in data from over 40 missions including the space station.Have you ever wondered how NASA communicates with astronauts and streams live video from space? Or how striking images of the cosmos get back to Earth? Join NASA space communications experts from 6:00-11:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 15, to learn about this amazing technology and get a preview of how NASA is using lasers to take space communications and navigation to the next level for future exploration missions.The space communications network that allows NASA astronauts and low-Earth orbiting satellites to communicate with the ground is entering a new age of exploration and technology. The latest TDRS launched on Aug. 18, 2017. This week, TDRS-13 officially joined NASA’s Space Network. With its addition, the TDRS fleet has more satellites than ever before, working together to enable science discoveries and exploration. Future communications satellites will use lasers to relay even more data at once.*****Schedule a live or taped interview*****Clare Skelly / clare.a.skelly@nasa.gov / 301-286-4994HD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K18/Upper: Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 18 Slot Upper| 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12069.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio EmbeddedSuggested Questions:1. How has communicating with astronauts changed since the Apollo missions?2. NASA’s space communications network has more satellites than ever before working to bring back data from space. What does the newest satellite add to the network?3. How will NASA eventually use ‘space lasers’ to advance this technology?4. NASA spacecraft capture stunning imagery of everything from our home planet to the cosmos. What kinds of missions does TDRS support?5. Where can we learn more?Extra Questions for Longer Interviews:1. How will NASA take future generations of space communications satellites to the next level?2. What is NASA doing to develop and perfect laser communications technology? 3. NASA has three communications networks – the Near Earth Network, Space Network and Deep Space Network. How are they different?4. How would you describe the TDRS legacy?Location: NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center/Greenbelt, MarylandInterview Talent:David Littmann/TDRS Project ManagerCheryl Gramling/Navigation Systems EngineerGreg Heckler/Telecommunications Systems ManagerSandra Cauffman/Deputy Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters [Spanish speaker]Video: NASA will roll all insert videos during live interviews. If needed, stations can roll a clean feed of all video at 5:45 a.m. ET on Feb. 15, at the above listed satellite. Canned interviews and b-roll will be available on this page starting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 14.For more visit: https://esc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ and @NASA_TDRS Extra related b-roll. Taped interview with Greg Heckler / Telecommunications Systems Manager Taped interview in Spanish with Sandra Cauffman / Deputy Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters Taped interview with David Littmann / Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Project Manager
Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Orbital Fleet Communicating with User Spacecraft 2017 - 360 vi…
Aug. 15, 2017, 8 p.m.
Read moreVisualization depicting TDRS satellites communicating with customer satellites. White lines represent periods of communication between satellites. Constant contact between TDRS satellites and ground stations is also displayed using grey lines. The Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) fleet has provided spacecraft communications and tracking since the 1980 s. Designed to replace most ground stations and provide longer periods of coverage, TDRS spacecraft have become an indispensable component of both manned and unmanned Earth orbiting space missions.The TDRS project is building the follow-on and replacement spacecraft necessary to maintain and expand NASA’s Space Network. The third satellite of the third generation, TDRS-M, is set to launch in August 2017. TDRS-M will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard an Atlas V rocket. This satellite will join a constellation of space-based communications satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. 360 degree (spherical projection) visualization depicting TDRS satellites communicating with customer satellites. White lines represent periods of communication between satellites. Constant contact between TDRS satellites and ground stations is also displayed using grey lines. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. TDRS Communication Fleet in 360 DegreesNote: The YouTube video above is an interactive 360 degree video. If you are viewing this video on your computer, click and drag in the window to change the camera view. If you are viewing this video on your phone or tablet, open the video in the YouTube video app and change the view by moving/rotating your device. This YouTube video is also compatible with Google Cardboard VR viewers. 360 degree (top/bottom stereo omnidirectional projection) visualization depicting TDRS satellites communicating with customer satellites. White lines represent periods of communication between satellites. Constant contact between TDRS satellites and ground stations is also displayed using grey lines. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. TDRS Communication Fleet in VR 360 DegreesNote: The YouTube video above is an interactive 360 degree video. If you are viewing this video on your computer, click and drag in the window to change the camera view. If you are viewing this video on your phone or tablet, open the video in the YouTube video app and change the view by moving/rotating your device. This YouTube video is also compatible with Google Cardboard VR viewers.
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Nov. 27, 2017, 7 a.m.
Read moreMeet the satellites that relay data from space to the ground. Learn about TDRS-M, the most recent member of the TDRS fleet, which launched into space in August 2017. NASA a science satellites to TDRS satellites (orange) and to the ground. TDRS satellites have two big receiving dishes to the sides and one transmitting antenna in the center.