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 1 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. The mission

00:16will showcase the capabilities of both Orion and the Space Launch System, or SLS, NASA's

00:22powerful new rocket. Communication services for the Artemis 1 mission are provided by

00:28NASA's two major networks, the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network. For Artemis

00:341 launch, the Near Space Network's Launch Communication segment provides critical links

00:39with SLS and Orion. The network's Constellation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, or TDRS,

00:46provides near-continuous communication services to the mission during ascent and low-Earth orbit.

00:53As Artemis 1 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. The Deep Space Network will maintain communications with Orion while in

01:06distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The network will also help facilitate communications

01:12for all of the mission's CubeSat deployment stops.

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

01:22from the Near Space Network's TDRS constellation. TDRS will be integral to communications during

01:28re-entry and splashdown, with NASA's search and rescue technology standing by in case of

01:32contingencies. Artemis 1 will begin a new era of lunar exploration, supported by NASA Space

01:40Communications and Navigation Innovation. NASA's networks are empowering our sustained return

01:46to the Moon as we set our sights on Mars.

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