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 At 5:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 8. 2002. NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I. 

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 or TDRS-I. successfully launched aboard an Atlas IIA rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Florida. 

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 TDRS-I is the second in a series of three advanced Tracking and Data Relay satellites 

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 that provide high data-rate support to the International Space Station and Space 

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 Shuttle with high-resolution digital television. 

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 This trio of advanced satellites replenished and augmented the original six on-orbit TDRS. 

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 which have served numerous national and international missions since the 1980's. 

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