Tracking & Data Relay Satellite
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The U.S. Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) is a network of American communications satellites used by NASA since 1983. The system replaced the old Manned Spaceflight Network (MSN), a series of ground stations and ships that supported all manned space missions from Mercury to Apollo
NOTES:
- Requires the Space Shuttle addon to view satellites TDRS-1 to 7
- For this reason, seven shuttle missions will be modified, namely STS-6, STS-26, STS-29, STS-43, STS-54, and STS-70
- There are a total of 13 satellites launched, 9 are currently active
- TDRS-2 is not available as it was destroyed during the 1986 Challenger disaster
| Tracking & Data Relay Satellites (1983-Present) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | Start | End | |||
| First generation, 1983-1995 | |||||
| TDRS-1 | 1983-Apr-4 | 2010-Jun-27 | |||
| TDRS-2 | 1986-Jan-28 | ||||
| Destroyed during the Challenger disaster | |||||
| TDRS-3 | 1988-Sept-29 | (Active) | |||
| Put into storage mode starting in 2014 | |||||
| TDRS-4 | 1989-Mar-13 | 2012-May | |||
| TDRS-5 | 1991-Aug-2 | (Active) | |||
| TDRS-6 | 1993-Jan-13 | (Active) | |||
| TDRS-7 | 1995-Jul-13 | (Active) | |||
| Second generation, 2000-2002 | |||||
| TDRS-8 | 2000-Jun-30 | (Active) | |||
| TDRS-9 | 2002-Mar-8 | (Active) | |||
| TDRS-10 | 2002-Dec-5 | (Active) | |||
| Third generation, 2013-2017 | |||||
| TDRS-11 | 2013-Jan-31 | (Active) | |||
| TDRS-12 | 2014-Jan-24 | (Active) | |||
| TDRS-13 | 2017-Aug-18 | (Active) | |||
Flight hardware for the six first-generation TDRS satellites
Flight hardware for the 2nd (above) and 3rd generation (below) TDRS satellites
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