NASA’s Deep Space Network and Near Space Network will be the communication hubs for the Artemis 1 mission during its journey to the moon and back.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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00:04 The Artemis I mission is an uncrewed flight test of the Orion spacecraft,
00:09 placing a human-rated crew vehicle into lunar orbit for the first time since the Apollo missions.
00:16 The mission will showcase the capabilities of both Orion and the Space Launch System,
00:21 or SLS, NASA's powerful new rocket.
00:24 Communication services for the Artemis I mission are provided by NASA's two major networks,
00:30 the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network.
00:33 For Artemis I launch, the Near Space Network's launch communications segment
00:38 provides critical links with SLS and Orion.
00:41 The network's Constellation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, or TDRS,
00:46 provides near-continuous communication services to the mission during ascent and low-Earth orbit.
00:52 As Artemis I journeys to the Moon,
00:54 the Deep Space Network acts as the mission's primary service provider beyond low-Earth orbit,
00:59 with the Near Space Network providing supplemental navigation data.
01:03 The Deep Space Network will maintain communications with Orion
01:06 while in distant, retrograde orbit around the Moon.
01:09 The network will also help facilitate communications for all of the mission's CubeSat deployment stops.
01:15 Returning to Earth, Orion will receive communications support from the Deep Space Network
01:20 with assistance from the Near Space Network's TDRS Constellation.
01:24 TDRS will be integral to communications during re-entry and splashdown,
01:29 with NASA Search and Rescue technology standing by in case of contingencies.
01:33 Artemis I will begin a new era of lunar exploration,
01:37 supported by NASA space communications and navigation innovation.
01:42 NASA's networks are empowering our sustained return to the Moon
01:46 as we set our sights on Mars.
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