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Spinoff story
Telemetry Systems
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Goddard Space Flight Center developed satellite telemetry processing technology to meet NASA's sophisticated processing requirements. The Microelectronic Systems Branch, a company" within Goddard provided NASA with the telemetry data systems from 1985 to 1994. TSI/Telsys Inc. was then founded to commercialize the systems and began operations on October 1 1995. The system aids the remote sensing industry by providing affordable and quick access to data collected from space."