ESA’s new “Space Phone Line” can hear missions from millions of kilometers away

ESA’s New Norcia 3 antenna in Australia will track deep-space missions, send commands across millions of kilometres, and ...

Europe has a new ‘space phone line’ and it can hear missions across the solar system

The European Space Agency has quietly added a major piece to its global space communications network with the inauguration of ...
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ESA Starts Deep Space Laser Comms Trial With Psyche Orbiter

The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration's flight laser transceiver is shown at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California in April 2021, before being integrated with ...
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ESA's first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat Henon takes shape

The European Space Agency's upcoming Henon mission will be the first ever CubeSat to independently venture into deep space, communicate with Earth and maneuver to its final destination without relying ...

Scientists create a permanent “phone line” between Earth and deep space

The new ground station in Australia strengthens Europe’s ability to stay connected with spacecraft far beyond Earth.