00:03The 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.
00:52As 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
01:01navigation data. The Deep Space Network will maintain communications with Orion while in
01:07distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The network will also help facilitate communications
01:12for all of the mission's CubeSat deployment stops.
01:15Returning to Earth, Orion will receive communication support from the Deep Space Network, with assistance
01:21from 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
01:39communications 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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