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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Challenger Launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center 40 Years Ago
30 Apr 2025 03:11 GMT
… : Space Shuttle Challenger Launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center 40 … TDRS-B payload.
These seven men are the prime crew for NASA …
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Reusable rockets are here, so why is NASA paying more to launch stuff to space?
25 Apr 2025 00:20 GMT
… — $132 million
Launch prices for NASA missions soared after the late … eliminated competition for most of NASA's launch contracts … Falcon 9 became available for NASA science missions in the … rocket — $252 million
• 2017: TDRS-M data relay satellite — Atlas …
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NASA taps Viasat for Near Space Network direct-to-Earth communications
23 Jan 2025 19:05 GMT
… deliver ground segment support for NASA missions, with opportunities to … The contract supports NASA’s transition away from its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS … capabilities.
This initiative reflects NASA’s broader strategy of incorporating …
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Viasat selected for $4.8 billion ceiling NASA Near Space Network services contract
23 Jan 2025 02:44 GMT
… missions.
Viasat will support NASA communications with its global … across six continents, allowing NASA to significantly increase its … NASA Communications Services Project, which supports NASA’s transition from its legacy Tracking and Data Relay Satellite …
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Viasat Selected for $4.8B Ceiling NASA Near Space Network Services Contract
21 Jan 2025 13:00 GMT
… missions. Viasat will support NASA communications with its global … across six continents, allowing NASA to significantly increase its … NASA Communications Services Project, which supports NASA’s transition from its legacy Tracking and Data Relay Satellite …
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Viasat shares rise on $4.8B NASA contract win
21 Jan 2025 13:35 GMT
… connectivity for existing and forthcoming NASA space missions. This contract comes … continents, which may substantially enhance NASA's data downlink … strategic move for NASA as it transitions from its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS …
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NASA selects four companies to develop Near Space Network
06 Jan 2025 07:11 GMT
… DTE Services to support NASA’s Lunar Exploration … Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS) systems in geosynchronous orbit … TDRS satellites provide “near continuous bent pipe information relay services” says Nasa … on the Nasa website.
Image: Nasa
See also: NASA selects …
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NASA selects four companies for commercial communications services
26 Dec 2024 14:11 GMT
… to-Earth communications services, augmenting NASA’s Lunar Exploration Ground Segment … world as well as the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system.
Those efforts include … for communications.
NASA does not plan to launch additional TDRS satellites, …
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US elections: How NASA enables astronauts to vote from space"
05 Nov 2024 11:03 GMT
… process.
Speaking at a NASA press conference, Williams said … while aboard the ISS.
NASA encrypts this data and … relayed through the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) to NASA's White … while serving in orbit.
NASA highlights the importance of …
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US Elections: How NASA Ensures That Astronauts At Space Station Can Vote
05 Nov 2024 09:17 GMT
… February 2025.
During a NASA press conference in September … astronauts from Texas, where NASA's Johnson … relayed through the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) to NASA's … offices for official processing.
NASA emphasises the significance of …