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| SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH -- The Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-I, was successfully launched on March 8, 2002
on an Atlas IIA rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 5:59 pm EST.
Thirty-six minutes later, satellite operators at Boeing Satellite Systems received the satellite's first signals,
confirming that all systems are operating normally. TDRS-I is the second of three satellites being built
by Boeing for NASA. The third, TDRS-J, is scheduled to launch in November 2002. |
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