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Artist's Concept of TDRS-C
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Artist's Concept of TDRS-C |
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1988-01-01 |
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This artist's concept drawing depicts the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-C (TDRS-C), which was the primary payload of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-26 mission, launched on September 29, 1988. The TDRS system provides almost uninterrupted communications with Earth-orbiting Shuttles and satellites, and had replaced the intermittent coverage provided by globe-encircling ground tracking stations used during the early space program. The TDRS can transmit and receive data, and track a user spacecraft in a low Earth orbit. The deployment of TDRS-G on the STS-70 mission being the latest in the series, NASA has successfully launched six TDRSs. |
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STS-70 Crew Portrait
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STS-70 Crew Portrait |
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1995-05-16 |
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The crew assigned to the STS-70 mission included (front left to right) Kevin R. Kregel, pilot, Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist, Terrence T, Henricks, commander, Mary Ellen Weber, mission specialist, and Donald A. Thomas, mission specialist. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on July 13,9:41:55.078 am (EDT), the STS-70 mission?s primary payload was the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G). |
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