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Boeing-built NASA satellite successfully reaches geosynchronous orbit

St Louis, Usa - To provide critical communications support for NASA's space shuttles

The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I), built for NASA by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a unit of The Boeing Company, has reached geosynchronous orbit where it will provide critical communications support for NASA's space shuttles, the International Space Station, and numerous scientific spacecraft. The last burn was performed early Monday morning, September 30. (007)

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Rome, Italy, 10/03/2002 12:56
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