Communication network · KSAT, SSC, Goonhilly and other commercial providers

Commercial Deep-Space Services

A growing set of commercial providers — such as KSAT, SSC, and Goonhilly — that offer deep-space and near-Earth ground-station support on a service basis, augmenting the government networks as mission traffic grows. NASA's Near Space Network increasingly buys commercial services alongside its own antennas.

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Uses bandS-band
Uses bandX-band
Associated withDeep Space Network (DSN)

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