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Sea-based tracking

In this statement [1] regarding the delay in launching the Dawn Mission, NASA asserted one reason was, "Because of difficulties with a downrange telemetry aircraft and the availability of a tracking ship." So the assertion in the article that

all of the sea based tracking and many of the land based stations were replaced by space based tracking

seems dubious. (sdsds - talk) 18:54, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Found information that the Delta II is not TDRS compatible:[2](pp 2,7)

“Earlier Delta launch vehicles have relied heavily upon ground-based receiving stations with limited coverage or costly telemetry receiving aircraft for essential flight performance data. However, the Delta IV will fly a telemetry system compatible with NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.”

I also found more info on the Aircraft/Ship tracking conflicts in a Dawn Jounal entry:[3]

I feel that mention of Aircraft or Ships supporting launches should be combined in a section referencing support from other ranges, TDRS and NASA ground stations as none of these are actually assets of the Eastern Range and must be coordinated thru other agencies.Beachgrinch (talk) 13:07, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

history

just added some stuff to the history section, but not sure about how the formatting came out. any suggestions would be appreciated.Beachgrinch (talk) 17:57, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are there external links to see what launches the range has supported, and what's booked for the future

Are there external links to see what launches the range has supported, and what's booked for the future ? It seems the range can only do one launch a week (unless one is a SpaceX launch) and rarely does. There is a USAF program to try and get 48 launches in a year. Does the Eastern range need to schedule for all the east coast rocket launches ? - Rod57 (talk) 16:16, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]