NASA Launches Next-Generation Relay Satellite Into Orbit
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 22:30
in Astronomy & Space
The 3.8-ton TDRS-L spacecraft lifted off at 9:33 p.m. EST tonight (0233 GMT Friday) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, its Atlas 5 rocket searing an arc of bright-orange flame into the dark sky as it climbed.