raise the satellite into a geosynchronous orbit. On the previous TDRS launch, TDRS-1, the IUS second-stage motor malfunctioned following the first-stage...
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TDRS satellites launched were operational, two (TDRS-3, TDRS-5) had been placed in storage, two (TDRS-1 and TDRS-4) had been retired, and one (TDRS-B)...
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TDRS-3, known before launch as TDRS-C, is an American communications satellite, of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking...
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Upper Stage (IUS) to deploy a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), named TDRS-B, that would have been part of a constellation to enable constant...
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timing issue emerged with the TDRS-B satellite. When STS-51-E was canceled, Challenger was remanifested with the STS-51-B payloads. The shuttle landed...
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part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project). Other members would deploy the TDRS-B satellite and conduct comet observations. Challenger blasted off at 11:38...
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individual voice recorders. Deployment of Tracking Data Relay Satellite-B (TDRS-B) with an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster Flight of "Shuttle Pointed...
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Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (redirect from Second TDRS Ground Terminal)
retired after 41 years at NASA with TDRS as one of final missions. Boeing is responsible for the construction of TDRS K. TDRSS is similar to most other...
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TDRS-7, known before launch as TDRS-G, is an American communications satellite, of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking...
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Hawaii at 171° west longitude. It joined TDRS-1 in tracking Earth-orbiting spacecraft; a sister satellite, TDRS-B, was lost in the Challenger accident. Also...
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