Earth  ID: 11164

TDRS-K Communicating Critical Data

Released on December 26, 2012
As a vital information pipeline for space-based research and exploration ambitions, the TDRS constellation fulfills NASA's broadest communication demands. Now into it's fourth operational decade, the TDRS legacy continue's to be communications excellence. The addition of the third generation of spacecraft will replenish the constellation and ensure that the critical lifeline of space-to-ground communication support will be available for many years to come.
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Before TDRS, NASA relied on a web of ground-based tracking and communication stations located around the globe. These ground stations used large antennas to receive early transmissions from space.

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Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Lead Animator
Chris Meaney (HTSI): Animator
Michael Lentz (USRA): Animator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Animator
Stuart A. Snodgrass (HTSI): Video Editor
Heather LG Snodgrass: Narrator
Stuart A. Snodgrass (HTSI): Producer
Stuart A. Snodgrass (HTSI): Writer
Sydney Cain (ASRC Research & Technology Solutions): Writer
Heather LG Snodgrass: Writer
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G2012-090 -- TDRS Communicating Critical Data

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SVS >> HDTV
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