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Home SPTR’s hardware was replaced in 2009 with upgraded National Science Foundation equipment, shown here, and renamed SPTR-2. (National Science Foundation) SPTR’s hardware was replaced in 2009 with upgraded National Science Foundation equipment, shown here, and renamed SPTR-2. (National Science Foundation)

SPTR’s hardware was replaced in 2009 with upgraded National Science Foundation equipment, shown here, and renamed SPTR-2. (National Science Foundation)

SPTR’s hardware was replaced in 2009 with upgraded National Science Foundation equipment, shown here, and renamed SPTR-2. (National Science Foundation)

SPTR’s hardware was replaced in 2009 with upgraded National Science Foundation equipment, shown here, and renamed SPTR-2. (National Science Foundation)

The South Pole TDRS Relay (SPTR) ground terminal was installed at the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in December 1997 to help connect NSF researchers and their scientific data to the rest of the world. This image shows the original SPTR system, which became operational on Jan. 9, 1998. (NASA)
Artist’s rendering of TDRS-1, which provided communications services to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station until it was retired in June 2010. (NASA)

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