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NASA to validate commercial satellite communications for science missions — Nasa.gov

NASA to validate commercial satellite communications for science missions

NASA plans to validate a variety of commercial communications services for science missions, ranging from near-instant delivery of high-rate science data over optical networks to support for launch operations and exchanges of telemetry, tracking and command information. For over forty years, spaceflight missions in low Earth orbit have relied on

NASA Accelerates Shift to Commercial Satellite Relay Services for Near‑Earth Missions — Nasa.gov

NASA Accelerates Shift to Commercial Satellite Relay Services for Near‑Earth Missions

NASA is rapidly advancing demonstrations of commercial satellite relay services that could replace its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system for near‑Earth science missions. The agency’s Communications Services Project (CSP), managed by the SCaN program and Glenn Research Center, awarded funded Space Act Agreements in 2022 to