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NASA is preparing to launch the next Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M.
This satellite is just one component of NASA's space-based communication network.
This constellation provides communications services to many NASA missions.
Missions like: The International Space Station; The Hubble Space Telescope;
The Earth-observing satellite fleet
The data that is generated from these missions is delivered to Earth through TDRS.
TDRS-M will help replenish and expand the network's services and capabilities.
After launch, TDRS-M will travel to geosynchronous orbit.
Once in orbit, it will begin it’s deployment and testing sequence.
After the spacecraft has passed these tests, TDRS-M will become TDRS-13.
It will then join its sister satellites to provide communications services to many NASA missions.
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