NASA transferred the station in Fairbanks, Alaska over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in anticipation of the operation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS). TDRS would be placed in geosynchronous (GEO) orbit and relay information from satellites in a bent pipe relay system reducing the need for polar…
NASA transferred the station in Fairbanks, Alaska over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in anticipation of the operation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS). TDRS would be placed in geosynchronous (GEO) orbit and relay information from satellites in a bent pipe relay system reducing the need for polar tracking stations.