# Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) Orbital Fleet Communicating with User Spacecraft

This visualization begins by showing how a typical spacecraft (NIMBUS-7) communicated with the ground before TDRS.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tracking_Data_Relay_Satellite_(TDRS)_Orbital_Fleet_Communicating_with_User_Spacecraft.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/30767235?play=1)