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The Near Earth Network (NEN, formerly GN or Ground Network) provides orbital communications support for near-Earth orbiting customer platforms via various ground stations, operated by NASA and other space agencies. It uses a number of different dishes scattered around the globe.
Orbital communications officer (OCA) – Transferred electronic messages to the crew, synced the crews e-mail, uplinked and downlinked files for the crew. Timeline – Generated the pre-flight timelines for the flight plan, monitored in-flight crew activities, coordinated activities with other flight controllers. Flight dynamics officer (FDO or ...
The ORBCOMM low Earth orbit (LEO) system was conceived by Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) in the late 1980s. In 1990, Orbital filed the world's first license application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the operation of a network of small LEO spacecraft [5] to provide global satellite services of commercial messaging and data communications services via the company's ...
Orbital ATK describes its 135,000 square-foot satellite facility as one of the most advanced of its kind. [16] In the past, Orbital ATK has focused on government satellite projects. But it is ramping up Gilbert operations for a major commercial project. It will assemble and test 81 satellites for the Iridium NEXT global communications system. [16]
SpaceX has a big launch coming up this morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida -- a Falcon 9 will carry a payload of 60 of its Starlink orbital communications satellites to space at 9:56 AM ET (6: ...
Orbital Sciences: 1: Retired 1997 [41] 2001 GEO STAR-2 (GEOStar-2) United States Orbital Sciences: 500 kg 3,325 kg 33 [42] Operational 2002 [41] 2013 GEO, 5550 W GEOStar-3: United States Orbital Sciences: 800 kg 5,000 kg 0: Development GEO, 8000 W SSTL-70 (Microsat-70) United Kingdom Surrey Satellite Technology: 30 kg 70 kg 16: Retired 1992 ...
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In August 2016, SES Government Solutions (now SES Space & Defense) announced a contract to provide O3b's high throughput, low latency satellite communications for a US Department of Defense end-user. The agreement is for a 365 days-per-year service consisting of a full-duplex symmetric 155 Mbit/s link, gateway access, a transportable 2.4 metre ...