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NASA’s TDRS-6, built by Northrop Grumman, marks 20 years on orbit

Submit on Friday, January 25th, 2013 22:57

The sixth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), built for NASA by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC), marked 20 years of successful on-orbit performance 13 January surpassing its design life by a decade.

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