Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B

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Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B was a NASA communications satellite intended to relay data between spacecraft in low Earth orbit and ground stations as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA satellite
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System satellite
communications satellite
abbreviation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
surface form: TDRS-B
category Destroyed satellites
Satellites destroyed in launch accidents
Satellites of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
Spacecraft launched in 1986
communicationBand Ka-band
Ku-band
S-band
constellationRole second TDRS satellite
countryOfOperator United States of America
surface form: United States
designedFor continuous tracking of LEO spacecraft
high-data-rate communications
destroyedIn Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
failedToReach geosynchronous orbit
geosynchronous transfer orbit
followedBy Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-3
intendedCoverage near-continuous communications for LEO spacecraft
intendedMissionDuration about 10 years
intendedToRelayDataBetween spacecraft in low Earth orbit and ground stations
intendedUsers NASA human spaceflight missions
NASA robotic missions
launchContractor NASA
launchDate 1986-01-28
launchOutcome launch failure
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
launchVehicle STS-51-L
Space Shuttle Challenger
lostWith Space Shuttle Challenger
surface form: Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger
manufacturer TRW
missionType uncrewed spaceflight
operator NASA
orbitRegime planned geosynchronous orbit
ownedBy NASA
partOf Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
precededBy Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-1
program Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
surface form: TDRSS
programAffiliation NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
purpose communications relay
data relay
support for low Earth orbit spacecraft
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftBus TDRS satellite bus
spacecraftType TDRS first-generation satellite
status destroyed

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STS-51L plannedPayload Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
STS-51L plannedPayload Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: TDRS-B
STS-26 primaryPayload Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: TDRS-3
STS-26 payload Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-3
Space Network notableSatelliteSeries Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: TDRS-A series
Space Network notableSatelliteSeries Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: TDRS-B series
STS-43 payload Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E
STS-43 tdrsSeries Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: TDRS-E
STS-43 tdrsDesignation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: TDRS-5
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B partOf Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B abbreviation Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: TDRS-B
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B program Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: TDRSS
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B precededBy Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-1
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B followedBy Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-3
STS-6 primaryPayload Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: TDRS-1
STS-6 deployedSatellite Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-1
STS-6 deployedSatellite Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: TDRS-1
Hubble Space Telescope data electronics communicatesWith Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
STS-51-L payload Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B (TDRS-B)
Space Operations Mission Directorate uses Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B
this entity surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System