NASA’s Final TDRS Communications Satellite Lifts Off

Credit: TDRS liftoff: NASA TV
HOUSTON—NASA’s final Tracking and Data Relay System satellite, TDRS-M, was successfully orbited Aug. 18 by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Featuring a 10-15 year operational life, TDRS-M is the final spacecraft in a three-generation series of...

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