http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdrsk/main/index.html en-us Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:35:33 GMT Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:30:18 GMT Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:09:42 GMT Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:53:37 GMT Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:48:06 GMT Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:41:58 GMT Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:23:16 GMT Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:04:28 GMT Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:52:18 GMT
Weather remains 70 percent favorable for launch during a 40-minute window that opens at 8:48 p.m. EST. A frontal boundary is expected to stay to the north of the pad throughout the countdown and be near Jacksonville at the time of liftoff. There is no significant threat of lightning or rain showers. The main concern is for winds at the launch pad exceeding the limit. Weather currently is go.]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:35:54 GMT
TDRS-K is perched atop a two-stage United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida.

There is a 70 percent chance of favorable weather for liftoff during a 40-minute window.

Launch coverage is scheduled to begin at 6:15 p.m. on NASA Television online at www.nasa.gov/ntv and the NASA launch blog at http://go.nasa.gov/WxGY2r.]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:04:29 GMT Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:35:17 GMT Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:04:10 GMT Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:46:27 GMT
A prelaunch news conference will air on NASA Television, www.nasa.gov/ntv at 1p.m. today.]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:46:57 GMT
The prelaunch news conference will air on NASA Television, www.nasa.gov/ntv at 1p.m. today. At 10 a.m. Tuesday, the Atlas V rocket will roll out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41.]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:07:24 GMT
The Ordnance Remote Control Assembly, or ORCA, unit on the Atlas V has been successfully removed, replaced and retested. A countdown dress rehearsal is scheduled for Friday. On Monday, the Launch Readiness Review will cover any action items from the Flight Readiness Review. It also will give a go for the rollout of the Atlas V to the launch pad at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

The prelaunch new conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Monday at Kennedy and will be carried live on NASA Television.

At this time, the launch is scheduled for 8:48 p.m. Wednesday at the opening of a 40-minute launch window.]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:00:00 GMT
The standard Launch Readiness Review is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 28. At the conclusion of this review, the go is given for the Atlas V rollout to the launch pad. The prelaunch news conference will then be held at 1 p.m. Rollout is targeted for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29. News media should be at the KSC Press Site at 9 a.m. for transportation to view the rollout.

Launch coverage on NASA Television and the Web will begin at 6:15 p.m. on Jan. 30.]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:00:49 GMT Launch remains on track for Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 8:52 p.m.]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:54:20 GMT Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:31:22 GMT
On Saturday, TDRS-K will be transported from Astrotech to the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 where it will be hoisted atop the Atlas V.]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:51:35 GMT
Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center, TDRS-K was installed onto the launch vehicle's payload adapter today. The Atlas V payload fairing will be cleaned tomorrow in preparation for encapsulation of the satellite, which currently is planned for Wednesday.]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:17:28 GMT Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:12:36 GMT Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:52:29 GMT Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:36:51 GMT Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:52:15 GMT