# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BXoI7s3lXLi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15345118-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/aa998d4fc0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-08-10T20:45:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Throwback to 1989 as NASA gets ready to launch TDRS-M. STS-29 launched aboard space shuttle Discovery to deliver the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-D. The third successful launch of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite series, TDRS-D was used in combination with other TDRS spacecraft and a ground communications system to form the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System. The prime goal of the TDRS system was to provide continuous communication services to NASA's most critical low-Earth-orbiting missions and improve the amount of data received. 
Credit: NASA

#NASA #throwbackthurday #shuttle #spacecoast #TDRS #tbt

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## Tags

shuttle, tdrs, tbt, nasa, spacecoast, throwbackthurday

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