TDRS Reaches Orbit With Full Lifetime
Boeing Satellite Systems overcame a faulty fuel valve in NASA's TDRS-I satellite, and brought it into geosynchronous orbit last week with an expected full 15-year lifetime. The valve prevented one of the two fuel tanks from being directly pressurized with helium, and could have stopped the BSS 601...
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