Boeing to Ship NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite to Florida for March Launch

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Boeing Ships NASA's Tracking and Data Bird To Florida

A Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) is being delivered on Jan. 30, 2002 to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to receive final check out for a March launch. The Boeing 601 satellite, named TDRS-I, is the second of three satellites built and delivered by Boeing Space and Communications for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center of Greenbelt, Md. The TDRS satellites relay large volumes of user satellite data � including voice, television and scientific � from manned missions or orbiting scientific spacecraft back to ground control centers.

Seal Beach - Jan 30, 2002
A Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) will ship today via a C-17 aircraft to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to undergo final preparations for its March launch aboard an Atlas IIA rocket.

The Boeing 601 satellite, named TDRS-I, is the second of three satellites built and delivered by Boeing Space and Communications (S&C), a unit of The Boeing Company, for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center of Greenbelt, Md.

"The TDRS-I satellite has completed rigorous and extensive factory testing and will now head to Kennedy Space Center for final processing for launch," said Randy Brinkley, president of Boeing Satellite Systems, the satellite manufacturing arm of Boeing S&C.

"As the second Boeing 601 in the series, the added capabilities provided by these next-generation TDRS satellites will directly benefit NASA and the users of these vital communications services."

TDRS-I will be part of a trio of TDRS satellites that will replenish and augment the current TDRS fleet, which has served the Space Shuttle and other orbiting spacecraft for almost two decades.

The TDRS satellites will add Ka-band capability to the TDRS fleet, adding flexibility and allowing for higher data rates at a more favorable and less heavily used frequency band.

The first satellite, TDRS-H, was successfully launched in June 2000. The third satellite, TDRS-J, is scheduled for delivery in October 2002.

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Cape Canaveral - June 19, 2001
A Boeing modified 601 satellite was successfully launched today on an Atlas IIAS vehicle at Cape Canaveral AS, Fla. Liftoff occurred at 12:41 a.m. EDT, (4:41 a.m. GMT and 9:41 p.m. PDT, June 18.) Acquisition on the spacecraft was received one hour and 54 minutes later at Brisbane, Australia confirming that systems are operating normally.

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