NASA Launches TDRS-L a Third Generation Communications Satellite (with video) “NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency’s TDRS Project, is safely in orbit after launching at 9:33 p.m. EST Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.” – Boeing TDRS-L Relay Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space – ULA Successfully Launches Tracking and Data […]

NASA Exercises Contract Option For TDRS-M Satellite Decision Will Retain Hundreds Of Jobs “NASA has elected to exercise the first of two available contract options for procurement of an additional Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) from Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. of El Segundo, Calif. The estimated value of the contract option is $289 million and extends the period of performance through April 2024. Exercising the option will allow Boeing Satellite […]