Sentences with phrase «space communications relays»
As NASA and other agencies look for ways to bolster their existing deep space communications relays, commercial companies may be in the best position to provide a viable solution.
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In order to truly expand into deep space, commercial companies must develop viable, efficient satellite relay alternatives to the DSN or other state - run communication networks.
In 1998, Readdy, then deputy associate NASA administrator for space operations, helped arrange for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to repurpose satellites in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) for communications support in Antarctica.
Their goal is to test new miniaturized deep space communication equipment and, if the MarCOs make it to Mars, may relay back InSight data as it enters the Martian atmosphere and lands.