Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

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Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System [¦trak·iŋ an ¦dad·ə ¦rē‚lā ′sad·ə·‚līt ‚sis·təm]

(communications)

A system providing telecommunication services between low-earth-orbiting user spacecraft and user control centers; it consists of a series of geostationary spacecraft and an earth terminal located at White Sands, New Mexico. Abbreviated TDRSS.

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