NASA launches TDRS-K spacecraft

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket lifts off carrying NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K, at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, in this Jan 30, 2013 handout image courtesy of NASA. The TDRS-K spacecraft is part of the next-generation series in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a constellation of space-based communication satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. [Photo/Agencies]