SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978

 

 

Table 6-21. Tracking and Data Acquisition Supporting Research and Technology/Advanced Systems-New Systems/Spacecraft-to-Ground Communications, Telemetry, and Command Funding History (in thousands of dollars)*

 

Year

Request

Programmed

1969

1 350

387

1970

1 370

890

1971

1 700

5 401a

1972

1 400

4 583

1973

4 370

2 860

1974

3 000

--- b

1975

3 190

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*Includes the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).

a The amount programmed for new systems only was estimated at $1 730 000 in the FY 1972 budget estimate.

b The amount programmed for spacecraft-to-ground communications, telemetry, and command was estimated at $3 360 000 in the FY 1975 budget estimate; the advanced systems category was not broken down by individual projects in the FY 1976 through FY 1980 budget estimates.

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