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JAKARTA – The United States Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) celebrated on Sunday, December 24, the birth of the Deep Space Network (DNS), a massive international radio antenna network.
Although it is 60 years old, this telecommunications system still faithfully supports NASA in communicating with all spacecraft, both around and within the Moon. Therefore, the presence of DSN is very important for NASA.
“DSN is the heart of NASA. “DSN has an important role in keeping data flowing between Earth and space,” said Philip Baldwin, director of the Network Services Division for SCaN, quoted by VOI from a NASA statement.
Simply put, DSN helps NASA receive images from the James Webb Space Telescope, cutting-edge scientific data from the Perseverance rover, and other advanced devices still operated by NASA.
All data sent must be transmitted via DSN’s huge parabolic antenna. Therefore, NASA’s communications with space devices rely heavily on DSN. In addition, there are still more than 40 important missions that NASA must complete.
Currently, NASA is focused on DSN modernization. They began improving the DSN system by adding courts. The hope is that this improvement can allow NASA to connect to more spacecraft and increase the amount of data sent.
In addition to adding satellite dishes, NASA plans to build laser or optical communications systems to allow the DSN to incorporate more data into transmissions. With this addition, NASA believes its communications with space missions can be improved.
“NASA has proven that laser communication is possible. “So we are now looking at ways to incorporate optical terminals into existing radio antennas,” said Amy Smith, DSN deputy project manager.
Tags: NASA space technology
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