#spacecommunication — Public Fediverse posts

#Russia has about 40 #Rassvet satellites 🛰️ in space.

It plans to create a constellation of 292 low-orbit satellites regularly passing over Eastern Europe by 2027 and expand that to 924 satellites by 2035 https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-warns-russia-starlink-rival/

#SpaceCommunication

It’s not clear how long #MDSCC will be out of service or how that will affect spacecraft operations. The #DSN was already suffering from a capacity crunch due to increasing demand for spacecraft communications, exacerbated by damage to the 70-meter antenna at #Goldstone that has taken it out of service until 2028 for repairs and upgrades https://spacenews.com/nasa-and-esa-facilities-avoid-major-damage-from-wildfires-in-spain/

#NASA #SpaceCommunication

The 70-meter and 34-meter dishes 📡 at the complex are not components that can be quickly replaced or repaired. A single 70-meter antenna's dish alone spans the area of a city block, its steerable mount is a precision engineering system requiring specialized components, and its internal cable wrap threads tens of thousands of meters of power cable, data lines, and fluid hoses through a rotating structure https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321564/20260725/wildfire-burns-through-nasa-deep-space-network-station-spain-six-antennas-risk.htm

#NASA #SpaceCommunication #DSN

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116977311149450957

“Any potential damage 📡🔥 will be assessed when it is safe to do so”

🗺️ #Madrid : https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28130905

🌐 #DeepSpace communication : https://overpass-turbo.eu/?w=%22aerospace%3Aproject%22%3D%22deep_space_network%22+global&R

#SpaceCommunication

It seems there may have been some #sabotage of #SpaceCommunication ground stations 📡 in #OpenStreetMap https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/communication:space#chronology

Ukraine strikes Moscow space communications center for second time, Zelenskyy says

The distance to this location is over 500 kilometers

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-strikes-moscow-space-communications-1782814144.html

#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #drone #satellite #SpaceCommunication #DroneSwarm #AirDefense #Moscow #occupied #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни

#BlueOrigin is challenging competitors like #RocketLab for the design of #NASA’s Mars Telecommunications Orbiter 🛰️. Blue Origin is proposing an #MTO solution capable of providing #communication 📶 and navigation 🧭 services to #Mars 🔴 while also carrying up to 500 kg of #science payloads https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/06/blue-moon-mto-update/

#commercial #SpaceCommunication

#SpaceX is planning to establish a satellite 🛰️ network around #Mars 🔴, similar to its #Starlink system on Earth. The company has presented this concept to #NASA https://me.mashable.com/tech/48988/spacexs-ambitious-marslink-network-to-deliver-internet-on-mars

#Marslink #SpaceCommunication

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/116692172341814185

#NASA is still investigating the cause of the error. The final report is expected in a few months.

#Maven #Mars #SpaceCommunication

#NASA is looking into developing a relay system of #communications 📶 satellites placed in other locations in the #SolarSystem 🌌, which could cut down the two-week blackout (when the Sun is between Earth and #Mars 🔴) to just a few hours. #LaserCommunications would allow for more data per second, with superior signal fidelity https://www.planetary.org/articles/challenges-facing-the-human-exploration-of-mars

#SpaceCommunication

#NASA is seeking proposals for the #Mars 🔴 Telecommunications Network by 📆 June 15. #MTN is expected to be ready by the end of 📆 2028.

Eight companies might be eligible : #BlueOrigin, #L3Harris, #LockheedMartin, #NorthropGrumman, #RocketLab, #SpaceX, #QuantumSpace and #Whittinghill Aerospace https://spacenews.com/nasa-releases-final-rfp-for-mars-communications-orbiter/

#SpaceCommunication

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116597312646834712

The #US Congress stepped up with $700 million in funding for a new #Mars 🔴 Telecommunications 📶 Orbiter

#SpaceCommunication

The #Mars Relay Network (#MRN) is an international constellation of spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet 🔴 that send #science data from surface rovers back to Earth

• #MarsOdyssey ~ 170.4 Mb/day
• #MRO ~ 447.5 Mb/day
• #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter ~ 1,562.7 Mb/day
• #MarsExpress - #ESA backup orbiter
https://science.nasa.gov/mars/mars-relay-network/

2021, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft carried out experimental #communication 📶 tests with the Chinese (#CNSA) #Zhurong Mars rover https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/A_one-way_phone_call_at_Mars

#SpaceCommunication

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116495805277370167

The drones did not succeed in striking the #spaceport, but the attempted attacks come as #Russia ramps up activity at Plesetsk Cosmodrome to deploy a new constellation of Internet and data relay satellites akin to SpaceX’s #Starlink

#Ukraine #SpaceCommunication

#Artemis laser communications 📶 system : “We got 20 gigabytes down in a little more than 45 minutes. That’s orders of magnitude more than we get via our S-band telemetry system”.
#Toilet 🚽 : Engineers have ruled out ice buildup where the vent line ejects wastewater into space. Some of the chemistry may be creating debris of some kind clogging a filter.
#Reentry : splash down off the coast of San Diego, at 8:07 p.m. Eastern April 10 (2:07 AM CEST) https://spacenews.com/artemis-2-science-gets-underway-as-orion-begins-its-return-trip/

#SpaceCommunication

How do you #communicate 📶 with a #spacecraft when the #Moon is in the way ? #China 🇨🇳 uses relay satellites 🛰️, #Queqiao launched on 📆 20 May 2018. It can support missions across the whole of the Moon https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/queqiao-lunar-constellation

#SpaceCommunication #Artemis

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116357889328814512

The #optical communications 📶 system can only be used at night, as sunlight can cause interference.

So all of the live imagery from the flyby has to be directed through the #radio direct pipeline.

There’s a limited number* of ground stations 📡 on Earth that are currently able to support signals to and from the Moon at high data rates

* https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/communication%3Aspace#values

#SpaceCommunication #Artemis

#ispace expects to deploy at least five lunar orbiting #satellites 🛰️ by 2030, which will serve as critical infrastructure for the #communications 📶 system.

Critical to the new business will be the development of #GroundStation 📡 services on Earth capable of stably receiving large-capacity communications and data from the #Moon 🌙 https://www.ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=8731

#SpaceCommunication

World-first gigabit laser link between aircraft and geostationary satellite

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/World-first_gigabit-per-second_laser_link_between_aircraft_and_geostationary_satellite

#HackerNews #gigabitlaserlink #aircraftsatellite #spacecommunication #innovation

Over half of #RocketLab's revenue 💵 now comes from its #SpaceSystems division, which builds #satellites 🛰️, avionics, solar ☀️ arrays and flight computers 💻 for #DeepSpace. The #Electron rocket 🚀 became the fastest launch vehicle to reach 50 missions in June 2024. #Neutron will be capable of launching probes to #Mars 🔴 and other deep-space destinations. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/if-its-possible-it-must-be-done-rocket-lab-ceo-peter-beck-has-his-eyes-on-missions-to-mars-and-venus

#SpaceEnergy #SpaceCommunication #SolAero #Capstone #BlueGhost #EscaPADE

📊 #Starlink : 9237 #satellites 🛰️ launched, 6938 operational 📶 as of @planet4589 https://planet4589.org/space/con/star/stats.html

#SpaceCommunication

Nearly every ground station 📡 experienced some kind of failure:

• Wrong configuration
• Incorrect pointing coordinates
• An unexpected loss of a power amplifier the day before our launch
• Interference from a recently built cell tower that, although not in our frequency band, created enough noise to disrupt communications
• Insufficient mid-path gain, meaning weak signals were not getting to our radio receiver
https://www.astroforge.com/updates/odint-mission-debrief

#Odin #SpaceCommunication #Astroforge #AsteroidMining

#Athena was communicating with controllers and generating solar power, officials said. But 20 minutes after touchdown, Crain still was unable to confirm if everything was all right with the lander. #NASA and #IntuitiveMachines abruptly ended their live landing webcast, promising more updates at a news conference later in the afternoon https://apnews.com/article/moon-landing-nasa-intuitive-machines-athena-cf4a88baa6644fb381dbaea497001d51

#IM2 #SpaceCommunication

During the #IM2 mission, the #4G cell 📱 network will allow for #communication between the lander and the two vehicles. But #Nokia has plans for a more expansive 4G or 5G cell network that can cover the planned #Artemis habitat and its surroundings. The company is also working on integrating cell communications in Axiom #spacesuits meant for future lunar #astronauts 👩‍🚀 https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/18/1111984/nokia-is-putting-the-first-cellular-network-on-the-moon

#SpaceCommunication https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:communication:space

Transporting #data 📶 at rates up to 100 times higher than radio frequencies by #laser https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-laser-comms-demo-makes-deep-space-record-completes-first-phase/

#SpaceCommunication #DSOC #Psyche #NASA

With the increase in human and #robotic 🤖 exploration, we must provide Position, Navigation 🧭 and Timing ⏱️ services anywhere on the Moon 🌙. We must also enable #wireless communication 📶 https://navlab.stanford.edu/research/LunarPNT

#SpaceExploration #SpaceCommunication #SpaceNavigation

#Starlink hosts more than 10,000 laser communications systems on orbit. Those lasers can sustain 100 Gbps connection 📶 per link. #VastSpace and #SpaceX announced in May 2023 a plan to launch #Haven1 as soon as 📆 August 2025. The commercial station would feature the ability to spin and generate enough centripetal force to create the equivalent of #gravity on the Moon. https://aviationweek.com/shows-events/space-symposium/vast-space-station-use-spacex-starlink-laser-comms

#SpaceStation #SpaceCommunication