ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR NEXT COMMUNICATIONS SPACECRAFT

GREENBELT, MD - The most recent evaluations of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) project confirmed all systems go for a third generation upgrade of the orbiting communications network. TDRS-K is scheduled for launch aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida in the fall of 2012.

GREENBELT, MD -- The recently-award Laser Communication Relay Demonstration was featured on the quarterly magazine, "Cutting Edge." This new multi-million-dollar technology-demonstration mission could make today’s space-based radio-frequency systems look as passé as dial-up Internet.

GREENBELT, MD -- A new optical communications system that NASA plans to demonstrate in 2016 will lead the way and even allow the streaming of high-definition video from distances beyond the Moon. This dramatically enhanced transmission speed will be demonstrated by the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD).