TDRSS
Spacecraft
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Abbreviation or acronym for Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
Chronology
1 event
1979 January 2
- Satellite Control and Data Relay System studied. - .
Spacecraft: TDRSS.
Stanford Telecommunications, Incorporated, was awarded a contract to study the utility of a Satellite Control and Data Relay System. The system would use a space-based network to track and control satellites and relay data to ground stations in the continental U.S.