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Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS)


There are two generations of TDRS Spacecraft:
		Generation 1: TDRS-A launched April 5, 1983 TDRS-B destroyed January 28, 1986 in the Challenger disaster TDRS-C launched September 29, 1988 TDRS-D launched March 13, 1989 TDRS-E launched August 2, 1991 TDRS-F launched January 13, 1993 TDRS-G launched July 13, 1995 (replacement for TDRS-B)

		Generation 2: TDRS-H launched June 30, 2000 TDRS-I launched March 8, 2002 TDRS-J launched December 4, 2002

TDRSS Overview
System Description Space Segment Tracking and Clock Calibration Services TDRS: 25 Years of Connecting Space To Earth May 16, 2008 GFSC Code 454 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite Project https://scp.gsfc.nasa.gov/tdrs/index.htm Pioneer NASA Spacecraft Celebrates 20 Years of Service April 3, 2003 https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/0403tdrs20th.html TDRS Fact Sheet September 2001, pdf https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/pdf/97440main_TDRS_fs_9.18.pdf
TDRS-J
Advanced Communications Statellite Soars into Night Sky December 6, 2002 https://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20021127tdrs_j.html TDRS-J Spacecraft Launch Video December 4, 2002 https://nkma.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/tdrs-j/ TDRS-J Mission Media Kit November 26, 2002 https://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/pictures/20021127tdrs_j/tdrs_jmedia.htm
TDRS-I
TDRS-I Satellite Safely Reaches Orbit March 11, 2002 https://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2002/20020220tdrs_i.html TDRS-I Spacecraft Launch Video March 8, 2002 https://nkma.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/tdrs-j/ TDRS-I Mission Media Kit March 5, 2002, pdf https://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/tdrs/tdrs_presskit.pdf Advanced NASA Communications Satellite Gives Broadband Access a New Meaning March 5, 2002, pdf https://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/news-release/releases/2002/h02-40.htm Next Up, TDRS -I! March 1, 2002, pdf https://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/goddardnews/20020301/tdrs.html
TDRS-H
TDRS-H Fact Sheet July 2000, pdf https://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/spacesci/clusterii.pdf TDRS-H Spacecraft Launch Video June 30, 2000 https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/tdrs-h/
Related Information
The Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) Data Monitoring Web Page January 7, 2005 https://www.wff.nasa.gov/BPO/creamweb/edrs/ The Early Satellites - Before Terra, before TDRS, there was... a giant metal balloon? April 2, 2004 https://www.nasa.gov/missions/science/f-satellites.html Innovative Uses for TDRSS: The South Pole TDRSS Relay (SPTR) February 19, 1998 https://msp.gsfc.nasa.gov/SPTR/techforum/index.htm McMurdo TDRSS Relay System (MTRS) September 21, 1997 https://coolspace.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasamike/antarc/mcmurdo/tdrss/tdrss.htm KSC NASA Facts: TDRS December 1992 https://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/tdrs.htm JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library: TDRSS Quicklook https://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/QuickLooks/tdrssQL.html NASA Experimental Communications Satellites - Related Projects: TDRSS https://roland.lerc.nasa.gov/~dglover/sat/tdrss.html

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