March 7, 2012

Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1979 michael j braukus@nasa gov

Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Va 757-824-1579 keith a koehler@nasa gov

RELEASE: 12-074

NASA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH BERMUDA FOR TRACKING STATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA and the government of Bermuda signed an agreement today to establish a temporary mobile tracking station on Cooper's Island to support launches from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia including future commercial missions Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Derrick Burgess and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver signed the agreement

The mobile tracking station will be provided and operated by Wallops under NASA's Research Range Services Program The station can provide telemetry, meteorological, optical, and command and control services It will support the launch of commercial rockets carrying supplies to the International Space Station or satellites to low-Earth orbit

"This tracking station will help facilitate NASA's partnership with commercial companies and support operations aboard the International Space Station," Garver said "We're grateful to the government of Bermuda for its ongoing support to NASA "

Bermuda has been a long-time partner of NASA in supporting space exploration The British territory hosted a radar tracking station from the Mercury Project in the early 1960s through most of the Space Shuttle Program

For more information on NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, visit:

http://www nasa gov/offices/c3po/home/cots_project html

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