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ULA’s Atlas 5 wins contract to launch NASA data relay satellite

October 30, 2015

The last of NASA’s current-generation tracking and data relay satellites designed to link mission control with the International Space Station has been assigned for launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in October 2017, officials announced Friday.