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#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

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Challenges facing the human exploration of Mars

From the dangers of radiation to the complications of landing a crewed spacecraft, there are myriad technical challenges facing human exploration of Mars.

The Planetary Society

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Spaceflight 🚀2d ago

#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/

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NASA releases final RFP for Mars communications orbiter

NASA has released the final request for proposals for a Mars telecommunications system, confirming requirements that limit the companies that can bid on it.

SpaceNews

Spaceflight 🚀2d ago

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

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

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Spaceflight 🚀2d ago

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

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Mars Relay Network

The Mars Relay Network is an international constellation of five spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet that send precious science data from surface rovers back to Earth.

NASA Science

Spaceflight 🚀May 1

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

Mai Apr 11

Linguistic observations from yesterday's splashdown:
1. How to balance clarity and politeness in rejecting a suggestion when the whole world is listening: "That's a moderately good idea. Can we hang on to it for a while."
2. "Go" as an adjective: "Weather at the landing site is go."
3. "Delta" as a noun: "There are no delta."

Copy. I'm going to start using all of these.

#Artemis #SpaceCommunication #Linguistics #Pragmatics

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Spaceflight 🚀Apr 9

#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/

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Artemis 2 science gets underway as Orion begins its return trip

As Artemis 2 begins its return to Earth, scientists are just starting to review the images and observations taken by the crew as they flew around the moon.

SpaceNews

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Spaceflight 🚀Apr 6

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

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Queqiao satellites enable China to talk to the far side of the Moon | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Queqiao Satellites orbiting the Moon are key to China's operations on the lunar far side, enabling Earth communication with landers.

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Spaceflight 🚀Apr 6

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

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Spaceflight 🚀Mar 28

#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

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ispace Announces New Business Initiative Involving Commercial Lunar Satellite Services | ispace

Ispace is a private lunar robotic exploration company that is developing micro-robotic technology to provide a low-cost and frequent transportation service to and on the Moon, conduct lunar surface exploration to map, process and deliver resources to our customers in cislunar space.

ispace