NASA to Embrace Commercial Sector, Fly Out Legacy Relay Fleet 

NASA is one step closer on its transition to using commercially owned and operated satellite communications services to provide future near-Earth space missions with increased service coverage, availability, and accelerated science and data delivery.160;160; As of Friday, Nov. 8, the agencys legacy TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system, as part of the Near Space 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/missi...
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