Space Communications and Navigation Program

NASA, International Astronauts to Speak with Tennessee Students

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Dienstag, November 7, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Students from Brighton Elementary School in Brighton, Tennessee, will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Students from Brighton Elementary School in Brighton, Tennessee, will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
  • NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen will answer prerecorded questions from students.
  • As part of Artemis , NASA will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars.
  • See videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the International Space Station at:
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NASA's Psyche Spacecraft, Optical Comms Demo En Route to Asteroid

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Freitag, Oktober 13, 2023
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"Congratulations to the Psyche team on a successful launch, the first journey to a metal-rich asteroid," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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  • "Congratulations to the Psyche team on a successful launch, the first journey to a metal-rich asteroid," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
  • By August 2029, the spacecraft will begin to orbit the 173-mile-wide (279-kilometer-wide) asteroid – the only metal-class asteroid ever to be explored.
  • "Now the real fun begins as we race toward asteroid Psyche to unlock the secrets of how planets form and evolve."
  • While the transceiver is hosted by Psyche, the tech demo will not relay Psyche mission data.

COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES TO SUPPORT PERATON IN PROVIDING GATEWAY ANTENNAS FOR NASA LEGS PROGRAM

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Dienstag, Oktober 10, 2023
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Antenna Technologies division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has received a subcontract valued at more than $30 million to provide earth station antennas for the NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program's Lunar Exploration Ground Sites (LEGS) project. The subcontract was awarded to CPI by Peraton, a national security company, as part of its multiyear Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract from NASA for telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) services for near-Earth missions.

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  • CPI will provide three 20-meter diameter gateway antenna systems, operating in X-band and Ka-band for the three LEGS sites, equally spaced around the planet to enable near-continuous direct-to-Earth communications and navigation services.
  • The LEGS antennas will ease coverage demands on SCaN's Deep Space Network, or DSN.
  • These communications services are critical to NASA's Artemis exploration program and other lunar and cis-lunar missions, as they keep Artemis astronauts on the Moon connected with their support teams on Earth.
  • The antennas are compliant with the requirements of planned lunar relay satellite constellations and NASA's LEGS program.

Oklahoma, Texas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station

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Freitag, August 11, 2023
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At 12:10 p.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Frank Rubio will answer prerecorded questions from students in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.

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  • At 12:10 p.m. EDT, NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Frank Rubio will answer prerecorded questions from students in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
  • The event, hosted by Kingfisher High School, will connect the students' knowledge of agriculture to plant science on station and STEM career opportunities.
  • Bowen and Rubio also will answer prerecorded questions from students at the Odyssey Academy in Galveston, Texas at 1:50 p.m.
  • As part of Artemis , NASA will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars.

New Mexico Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station

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Freitag, Mai 26, 2023
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WASHINGTON, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Students from southern New Mexico schools will have an opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

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  • WASHINGTON, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Students from southern New Mexico schools will have an opportunity to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
  • NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Frank Rubio will answer prerecorded questions from students through a collaboration with the New Mexico Museum of Space History.
  • Astronauts living in space aboard the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the Space Communications and Navigation ( SCaN ) Near Space Network.
  • See videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the International Space Station at:
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Another Record: Terran Orbital-Developed PTD-3 Enables 200 Gigabits per Second Space-to-Ground Optical Link

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Freitag, Mai 12, 2023
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Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP ), (“Terran Orbital” or “the Company”), a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, today announced the Terran Orbital-developed Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) satellite enabled a successful 200 gigabits per second space-to-ground optical link.

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  • Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP ), (“Terran Orbital” or “the Company”), a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, today announced the Terran Orbital-developed Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) satellite enabled a successful 200 gigabits per second space-to-ground optical link.
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    Terran Orbital-Developed PTD-3 Enables 200 Gigabits per Second Space-to-Ground Optical Link (Image Credit: NASA)
    With a transmission rate of multiple orders of magnitude faster than current state-of-the-art satellite communications, this technology enables spacecraft to downlink several terabytes of data to the ground in a single ground station pass.
  • The 200 gigabits per second space-to-ground optical link broke this record.
  • “The completion of the 200 gigabits per second link is both monumental and record-breaking,” said Terran Orbital Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Marc Bell.

NASA Awards Contracts to Assess Near-Space Communications Capabilities

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Mittwoch, Oktober 12, 2022
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The awards, under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Appendix O , are firm fixed-price milestone-based contracts in the amounts of $161,638 for KSAT and $189,881 for SpaceLink Corporation.

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  • The awards, under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Appendix O , are firm fixed-price milestone-based contracts in the amounts of $161,638 for KSAT and $189,881 for SpaceLink Corporation.
  • "All missions need communications and navigation services to send data back to Earth.
  • These capability studies and demonstrations will highlight networking efficiencies and inform future planning for NASA missions," said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate.
  • These studies are intended to inform NASA and its stakeholders on industry's capabilities and concepts that would enable a commercial space communications and navigation marketplace where NASA is one of many customers.

Terran Orbital Completes NASA Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 Bus Commissioning Less Than One Week After Launch

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Donnerstag, Juni 30, 2022
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NASAs Space Technology Mission Directorates (STMD) Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) program provides funding for the spacecraft, payload integration, mission operations, and launch.

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  • NASAs Space Technology Mission Directorates (STMD) Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) program provides funding for the spacecraft, payload integration, mission operations, and launch.
  • The PTD series of missions each utilize a commercial spacecraft bus and avionics developed by Terran Orbital.
  • Terran Orbital also serves as the payload integrator for the PTD missions and performs on-orbit mission operations from the Terran Orbital Mission Operations Center in Irvine, CA.
  • Terran Orbital is extremely proud PTD-3 bus commissioning was completed mere days after reaching orbit, said Terran Orbital Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Marc Bell.

Terran Orbital Integrates Fleet Space, GeoOptics, and NASA Satellites Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Prior to Transporter-5 Launch

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Mittwoch, Mai 25, 2022
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Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP ), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense industry, today announced the successful integration of six Terran Orbital designed and built satellites aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket prior to the Transporter-5 launch.

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  • Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP ), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense industry, today announced the successful integration of six Terran Orbital designed and built satellites aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket prior to the Transporter-5 launch.
  • Terran Orbital designs, builds, and integrates satellite solutions that help solve some of the worlds most complex problems, said Terran Orbital Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Marc Bell.
  • We look forward to fostering our partnerships with NASA, GeoOptics, Fleet Space, MIT Lincoln Laboratories, and SpaceX as we continue to deliver groundbreaking and life-changing missions.
  • Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense industry.

Terran Orbital Delivers NASA Pathfinder (PTD-3) Satellite Carrying MIT Lincoln Laboratory Payload Ahead of SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission

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Montag, Mai 23, 2022
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The TBIRD mission is the second mission in the PTD series funded by the Small Spacecraft Technology program in NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate.

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  • The TBIRD mission is the second mission in the PTD series funded by the Small Spacecraft Technology program in NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate.
  • Terran Orbital is thrilled to deliver pioneering satellite solutions that are changing the space landscape, said Terran Orbital Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Marc Bell.
  • We look forward to fostering our relationships with NASA, MITLL, and SpaceX as we continue to deliver groundbreaking technologies.
  • Terran Orbital provides end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations, and in-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military, civil, and commercial customers.