TDRS-1 Retired

TDRS-1 RETIRED- GSFC
It was the first satellite of its kind, able to relay commands, navigate, receive data and allow ground controllers to talk with space shuttle crews in orbit. Now, after years of continuous service to more than a dozen missions, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS 1 is retiring.

(nat launch 1983) And Liftoff, liftoff of the orbiter Challenger and the sixth flight the Space shuttle!!!! We have a go for deploy!!!

Launched with shuttle Challenger on the orbiter’s maiden voyage in 1983, TDRS 1 began NASA’s move from a gap-filled system of ground-based stations to a space communications network with 24/7 capabilities."


NASA TV's This Week @NASA, June 25
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/twan_6_25_10.html