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Near Space Network

NASA's network for missions near Earth — out to roughly the Moon and the Sun–Earth Lagrange points — formed by merging the ground-based Near Earth Network with the space-based Space Network (the TDRS relay satellites). It provides direct-to-ground and relay links, and now hosts optical (laser) communication demonstrations.

This is the deep-space-communications view of Near Space Network. See its main network page for the base profile.

Stations

Alaska Satellite Facility
Fairbanks, Alaska
Svalbard Satellite Station
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Wallops Ground Station
Wallops Island, Virginia
White Sands Complex
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Knowledge connections

Operated byNASA
Uses bandS-band
Uses bandKa-band
Uses bandOptical (Laser)
ContainsWhite Sands Complex
ContainsSvalbard Satellite Station
ContainsAlaska Satellite Facility
ContainsWallops Ground Station
ContainsLaser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)
ContainsTracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRS)
Associated withGoddard Mission Operations

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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