NASA'S TDRS-G reaches geosynchronous orbit; moving toward checkout station.

NASA'S TDRS-G tracking and data relay satellite reached geosynchronous orbit as planned following its launch Thursday aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. An agency spokesman said Friday the satellite, which rode to GEO atop a Boeing Inertial Upper Stage, was "fine" and was being moved to its...

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