How NASA Communicates With Artemis 1 During Missions

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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

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00:00The Artemis I mission is an uncrewed flight test of the Orion spacecraft, placing a human-rated

00:10crew vehicle into lunar orbit for the first time since the Apollo missions.

00:16The mission will showcase the capabilities of both Orion and the Space Launch System,

00:21or SLS, NASA's powerful new rocket.

00:25Communication services for the Artemis I mission are provided by NASA's two major networks,

00:30the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network.

00:33For Artemis I launch, the Near Space Network's Launch Communication Segment provides critical

00:39links with SLS and Orion.

00:41The network's Constellation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, or TDRS, provides near-continuous

00:48communication services to the mission during ascent and low-Earth orbit.

00:53As Artemis I journeys to the Moon, the Deep Space Network acts as the mission's primary

00:57service provider beyond low-Earth orbit, with the Near Space Network providing supplemental

01:02navigation data.

01:03The Deep Space Network will maintain communications with Orion while in distant, retrograde orbit

01:08around the Moon.

01:09The network will also help facilitate communications for all of the mission's CubeSat deployment

01:15stops.

01:16Returning to Earth, Orion will receive communications support from the Deep Space Network, with

01:21assistance from the Near Space Network's TDRS Constellation.

01:25TDRS will be integral to communications during re-entry and splashdown, with NASA Search

01:30and Rescue technology standing by in case of contingencies.

01:34Artemis I will begin a new era of lunar exploration, supported by NASA space communications and

01:41navigation innovation.

01:43NASA's networks are empowering our sustained return to the Moon as we set our sights on

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