Satellite Used in Polar Research Enters Retirement
Friday, June 25, 2010 - 14:15
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- After a long career providing communications support, NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) 1 is retiring. From 1983 to 1998, TDRS-1 allowed NASA to talk to other satellites in orbit. From 1998 to 2009, NASA reassigned TDRS-1 to support the National Science Foundation and its U.S. Antarctic Program partners to perform scientific, educational, and operational endeavors.