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    raise the satellite into a geosynchronous orbit. On the previous TDRS launch, TDRS-1, the IUS second-stage motor malfunctioned following the first-stage...
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    TDRS satellites launched were operational, two (TDRS-3, TDRS-5) had been placed in storage, two (TDRS-1 and TDRS-4) had been retired, and one (TDRS-B)...
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    Upper Stage (IUS) to deploy a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), named TDRS-B, that would have been part of a constellation to enable constant...
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    individual voice recorders. Deployment of Tracking Data Relay Satellite-B (TDRS-B) with an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster Flight of "Shuttle Pointed...
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    TDRS-3, known before launch as TDRS-C, is an American communications satellite, of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking...
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    timing issue emerged with the TDRS-B satellite. When STS-51-E was canceled, Challenger was remanifested with the STS-51-B payloads. The shuttle landed...
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    TDRS-10, known before launch as TDRS-J, is an American communications satellite which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite...
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    part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project). Other members would deploy the TDRS-B satellite and conduct comet observations. Challenger blasted off at 11:38...
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    retired after 41 years at NASA with TDRS as one of final missions. Boeing is responsible for the construction of TDRS K. TDRSS is similar to most other...
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    TDRS-7, known before launch as TDRS-G, is an American communications satellite, of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking...
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    Hawaii at 171° west longitude. It joined TDRS-1 in tracking Earth-orbiting spacecraft; a sister satellite, TDRS-B, was lost in the Challenger accident. Also...
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    Atlantis, was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for potential...
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    satellite, TDRS-B, was lost aboard Challenger on mission STS-51-L. TDRS-3 was deployed from STS-26, TDRS-4 from STS-29, TDRS-5 from STS-43 and TDRS-6 was deployed...
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    the crew of STS-51-L. The main objective of this mission was to launch TDRS-B, the second in a series of NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellites. It would...
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    Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force. It has been nicknamed the "Bone" (from "B-One")...
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    the TDRS was not going to be flown. It was replaced in the manifest by the Payload Flight Test Article. After re-development of the IUS, TDRS-B was eventually...
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    flight of the IUS occurred in February 2004. TDRS-C in Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay Release of TDRS-C Ulysses used a PAM-S and IUS combination...
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    McAuliffe See also Rogers Commission Report Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster TDRS-B Challenger flag Challenger (1990 film) The Challenger Disaster (2013 film)...
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  • November 2012. "STS-1 - First Space Shuttle Mission Press Kit" (PDF). Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 1981. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5...
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    to pilot and command a mission: Frederick Gregory (April 29, 1985, STS-51-B; November 23, 1989, STS-33) First American to launch on a Russian rocket:...
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    STS-41-B, with the first digit (or pair of digits for years 1990 and beyond) indicating the federal fiscal year offset into the program (so 41-B was scheduled...
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  • time. The seventh vehicle in the series was ordered as a replacement when TDRS-B was lost in the Challenger accident. Launched in 2002, TRW produced the...
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    to Deploy TDRS-B James P. Bagian (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (2 flights) STS-29 Discovery — March 1989 — Mission Specialist 1 — Deployed TDRS-D STS-40...
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    a TDR may be used to verify cable impedance characteristics, splice and connector locations and associated losses, and estimate cable lengths. TDRs use...
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  • STS-51-B Payload Challenger was rolled back from Pad 39A due to a timing problem with the primary payload, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B (TDRS-B)...
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    NASA Intended: Low Earth Satellite deployment + 73 seconds Launch failure TDRS-B NASA Intended: Geosynchronous Communications SPARTAN 203 NASA Intended:...
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    Lost Minds, which was his first tour-only album being later re-released by TDRS Music; Population Override, a blues-rock tour de force with Dickerson; and...
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  • TRPA provides property owners with Transferable Development Rights (TDRs). These TDRs, with the agency's approval, enable property owners to sell their...
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    A TDR moisture sensor employs time-domain reflectometry (TDR) to measure moisture content indirectly based on the correlation to electric and dielectric...
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  • Constellation Automotive Group (category EngvarB from January 2014)
    company, BCA Marketplace, when acquired and taken private by TDR Capital in November 2019. TDR rebranded it to the current name in October 2020. In 1946...
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